Calycopeplus paucifolius

Calycopeplus paucifolius is an erect shrub species in the family Euphorbiaceae.^[4] It is found in South Australia & Western Australia.^[3]

Calycopeplus paucifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Calycopeplus
Species:	C. paucifolius
Binomial name
Calycopeplus paucifolius (Klotzsch) Baill.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Ephedra arborea F.Muell. Calycopeplus ephedroides Planch. Calycopeplus helmsii F.Muell. & Tate Euphorbia paucifolia Klotzsch

Calycopeplus paucifolius is a broom-like shrub, growing from 60 cm to 5 m high. Its flowers are green-white, and seen from September to December on hillslopes and granite outcrops, growing on stony loams, sands and sandy clays.^[4]

The species was first described as Euphorbia paucifolia in 1845 by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch,^[1][5] but was transferred to the genus, Calycopeplus, by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1866.^[2]