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Euphorbiaceae
Saw-tooth spurge
Euphorbia serrata
Also known as Euphorbia serrata var. ternata, Euphorbia serrata f. subacaulis, Euphorbia serrata f. ternata, Euphorbia serrata
Native Plants · Euphorbia · Spurge · Mediterranean · Perennial · Drought-Hardy · Ornamental · Border · Low-Maintenance · Rocky-Garden · Toxic-Sap
Saw-tooth spurge is a hardy Mediterranean perennial that tolerates poor soils and requires minimal care once established. Water moderately and provide at least 6 hours of sun to partial shade. Handle with caution as all Euphorbias produce a milky latex sap that is a skin and eye irritant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Algeria, Baleares, California, Canary Is., France, Italy, Libya, Mexico Central, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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