• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  Northern Cape

• County/Municipio

  Namakwa Distr. Mun.

• Locality

  Richtersveld, Rocky ridge west of Grootderm power substation, 20 km east of Alexander Bay

• Coordinates

  -28.5469, 16.5993

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Level 1 Use

  None reported (use text does not appear on label)

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The New York Botanical Garden
and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. South Africa
Plants of South Africa
Huphorbiaccae
Euphorbia hamata (Haw.) Sweet
det H. J. Venter, 2002
BOTANICAL
GARDE*4.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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rtEPORT ANY RE1DENTIFICATI0N OF THIS V0UCHEP
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
South Africa. Northern Cape. Richtersveid. Rocky ridge west of Grootderm
power substation, 20 km east of Alexander Bay: 28° 32.82* S: 16° 35.955' G
On gentle NE slope of rocky ridge, in well-drained sandy soil pockets among
rocks of old blue calcrete, in full sun. Native and locailycommon. Desert to
Succulent Karoo with Euphorbia hamata. Dregeochloa, Astndia longiiblia,
Conophytum and. Pelargonium.
Perennial, succulent dwarf shrub up to 40 cm high, with white latex. Leaves
alternate, simple, glabrous, leaf margins entire. Inflorescence pale yellow-green
cyathium.
H. J. Venter & A. Venter 9758
21 April 2002
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