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🌱 Morphology
It looks like a small vegetable jellyfish that has hidden its body underground, only extending dozens of arms to explore the world. From a thick, partially buried stem, a crown of small branches emerges that open radially, creating an almost perfect star or octopus silhouette. When it receives plenty of light, some branches can take on reddish tones, making this small sculpture even more spectacular.

It is a dwarf, glabrous succulent Euphorbia with primarily subterranean growth. The main stem is truncate and thick, about 2–10 cm in diameter, and usually remains hidden under the substrate, although it can protrude a few centimeters. From it arises a rosette of numerous ascending or spreading, cylindrical or nearly spherical branches, approximately 0.5–10 cm long and 4–10 mm in diameter, covered with small conical tubercles. It does not develop prominent spines. The leaves are tiny, linear or lanceolate, and deciduous. It produces white latex.

🌍 Distribution, habitat, and family
It is endemic to South Africa, mainly in the Eastern Cape province, where it grows on stony ground and among low shrubs, in fynbos, renosterveld, Albany Thicket, and karroid vegetation communities. It is found from the Riversdale and Mossel Bay area towards the Eastern Cape. It is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the South African Red List of plants. It belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.

❄️ Temperature — USDA Zone 9b–11b
It tolerates minimum temperatures of down to −4 ºC for short periods if it remains completely dry and is well-acclimatized. In cultivation, it is especially important to protect the caudex from a combination of cold and moisture.

☀️ Lighting
During active growth, it needs high light levels, with an approximate target of 18–25 mol/m²/day of DLI PAR. It tolerates direct sun after gradual acclimatization. Intense lighting promotes compact growth and can intensify the reddish hues of the branches.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Winter dormancy. During the active growth period, it is recommended to water abundantly and allow the substrate to dry out completely before watering again. During the winter, watering is significantly reduced, keeping the substrate practically dry during cold periods.

🌸 Flowering
The cyathia appear individually on robust, deciduous peduncles about 6–25 mm long. The five nectar glands can be green, reddish, or purple and have small yellow teeth on the margin. Flowering occurs mainly between October and March in its natural range. It subsequently develops pubescent capsules approximately 4–6 mm in diameter.

🌿 Nutrition
During the active growth period, a specific fertilizer for succulents with a high content of assimilable calcium, such as Desert CHOICE® Succulents, is recommended, applied once a month when watering.

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a technological square pot with the substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi and biofungicides.

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