Oh, the euphorbiae are a wonderful family, all of them beautiful, but as I learned from the ones we had in New England, most extremely thorny! And poinsettias are among them. The seeming flowers within flowers.
Some of the semi-desert types are fiercely thorny. They occupy in Africa the same ecological niche that cacti do in the Americas. These woodland species in Britain are soft-stemmed and leafy, which is normal for their ecological niche; their protection is their poisonous milky sap.
Oh, the euphorbiae are a wonderful family, all of them beautiful, but as I learned from the ones we had in New England, most extremely thorny! And poinsettias are among them. The seeming flowers within flowers.
ReplyDeleteSome of the semi-desert types are fiercely thorny. They occupy in Africa the same ecological niche that cacti do in the Americas. These woodland species in Britain are soft-stemmed and leafy, which is normal for their ecological niche; their protection is their poisonous milky sap.
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