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🌱 Morphology
It looks like a small forest of green columns that decided to conquer a rocky hillside. Stems multiply from the base to form large, compact masses, and each one is traversed by four perfectly marked ridges where pairs of spines align like small spears. It is a plant with an almost cactus-like appearance, but behind that look is an Euphorbia with a completely different architecture and a white sap that reveals its true identity.

It is a shrubby, densely cespitose succulent that can reach about 60 cm in height and form colonies of up to approximately 2 m in diameter. The stems are erect, fleshy, generally tetragonal and green, with slightly concave faces and sharp ridges. Small tubercles and pairs of spines of approximately 2–10 mm, inserted on small oval shields, are arranged along them. The leaves are extremely reduced and the reproductive structures appear between the pairs of spines. Like all Euphorbias, it produces white latex.

🌍 Distribution, habitat and family
It is endemic to Morocco, where it grows in the driest areas of the Atlas Mountains, especially in arid and rocky Mediterranean environments. It inhabits hillsides and rocky terrain with sparse vegetation, adapted to marked seasonal drought. It belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. Euphorbia resinifera is currently the accepted name; its synonyms include Tithymalus resinifer.

❄️ Temperature — USDA Zone 9b–11b
It tolerates minimum temperatures of up to −7 ºC in dry conditions, with well-acclimatized specimens and during brief episodes. Euphorbias from North Africa and the Atlas Mountains can withstand temperatures near -10 ºC as long as they remain dry during dormancy.

☀️ Lighting
During active growth, intense lighting is recommended, approximately 18–25 mol/m²/day of DLI PAR. It is a species adapted to open and sunny environments and can be grown in full sun after progressive acclimatization. Insufficient lighting promotes weaker and less compact stems.

💧 Growth cycle and watering
Winter rest. During the active period, it is recommended to water abundantly and allow the substrate to dry completely before watering again. During winter, watering is drastically reduced and it is kept practically dry, especially if temperatures are low. Cold combined with moisture is much more dangerous than cold in dry substrate.

🌸 Flowering
It produces small yellow cyathia grouped in threes between the pairs of spines. The two lateral cyathia are hermaphroditic and pedunculate, while the central one is male and usually develops first and then falls off. In its natural area, flowering occurs mainly between June and August.

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

This is an inimitable xerophyte grown in Madrid in a high-tech square pot with substrate activated with mycorrhizal fungi.

📏 The sizes of our basic collection xerophytes are as follows:

S -> 9cm x 9cm

M-> 14cm x 14 cm

L->16cm x 16 cm

* As this is an online purchase, the appearance of the specimen sent may vary slightly from the product image. The measurements of the plant are specified in the photo description, but this may also vary slightly, because it is a living being! Each of the Desert CITY plants has unique characteristics.

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