Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
acervata: heaped, possibly referring to the cushion-like growth of the whole plant.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Euphorbia acervata S. Carter Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135750
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Spiny succulent dwarf shrublet with short stems forming 'cushions' of 30 cm high and 50 cm in diameter, occurring in serpentine grassland among rocks in open woodland. Differs from E. tortistyla in its more compact habit of small rounded 'cushions'.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Euphorbia acervata S. Carter Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135750
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Recorded from both northern and southern areas on the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Euphorbia acervata S. Carter Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135750
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
