Snap
Near Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:09 am Post subject: Green stick plant with green leaves - euphorbia? |
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The first photo shows a poor specimen (from above) of this plant...out in my jungle. The second is of a few cuttings I'm propagating. This plant has no thorns, no flower that I know of and small clumps of a few green leaves that seem to form willy nilly up the stalks and has milk sap.
( photo / image / picture from Snap's Garden )
( photo / image / picture from Snap's Garden )
Is it some type of euphorbia? 
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FlowerFreak22
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Georgia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:19 am Post subject: |
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That reminds me of Pachysandra terminalis. It can spread and form thick mats if uncontrolled.
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Snap
Near Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| FlowerFreak22 wrote: | | That reminds me of Pachysandra terminalis. It can spread and form thick mats if uncontrolled. |
Thanks FlowerFreak, but the leaf looks very different to those on the internet and it definitely doesn't spread. I've just taken a clearer shot of the leaves...hope that helps.
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toni
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Don't thinks it's a Pachysandra, their leaves are coarsely toothed along the edges.
If it is a Euphorbia there are about 2000 species so you might have to wait until it get more mature to know which one it is. 
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Snap
Near Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| toni wrote: | Don't thinks it's a Pachysandra, their leaves are coarsely toothed along the edges.
If it is a Euphorbia there are about 2000 species so you might have to wait until it get more mature to know which one it is. |
2000 species!!! that's a lot of looking at photos on the net. The plant in the garden is fairly mature, it doesn't get much taller than that  only about 1 or so feet maximum...in my garden, which is very arid most of the time.
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