1/6/2023 0 Comments Crown of thorns soft thornsThe common name refers to a legend that this plant was used as the thorny crown worn by Jesus at his crucifixion. The species name milii honors Baron Milius, once governor of the island of Bourbon, who introduced the species into cultivation in France in 1821. Many cultivars and hybrids have been developed that vary in flower size and color. Of the more than 1,600 species (including poinsettia, castor bean and cassava), crown of thorns, E.milii is a smallish tropical species from Madagascar that has long been grown as a houseplant or ornamental in warm climates. An ornamental planting of crown of thorns along a wall near Antananarivo, MadagascarÄ®uphorbia is a large genus of smooth and spiny shrubs and cactus-like succulents from 4ā€¯ to 20 feet in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).
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