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Euphorbiaceae
Asthmaplant
Euphorbia hirta
Also known as Pill-bearing spurge, Garden spurge, Asthma weed, Desmonema hirta
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Tropical · Medicinal Herb · Euphorbiaceae · Weed · Ethnobotany · Warm Climate · Herbaceous · Perennial · Sap · Traditional Medicine
Euphorbia hirta, or Asthmaplant, is a tropical herbaceous perennial that grows vigorously in warm, humid conditions with partial to full sun. It requires minimal care, tolerating a range of soil types as long as drainage is adequate and moisture is maintained. Handle with care as its milky sap can cause skin and eye irritation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil slightly moist; reduce watering during cooler or drier periods · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 50°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 9a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 7 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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