Euphorbia acanthothamnos

Euphorbia acanthothamnos, is a species of flowering plant, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.^[1][2]

Euphorbia acanthothamnos
In Crete
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Euphorbia
Species:	E. acanthothamnos
Binomial name
Euphorbia acanthothamnos Heldr. & Sartori

Description

It is a shrub that reaches 30 cm in height. It forms a thorny cushion that blooms from March to June. It grows mainly in limestone areas.^[3][4]

Distribution

It is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, Crete, Greece, and Turkey. It grows from sea level to more than 2000 meters.^[5]

Taxonomy

Euphorbia acanthothamnos was described by Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss. and published in Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum , ser. 2, 4: 1859. 86.

Acanthothamnos is an epithet that means "thorny bush" in Greek.