| Description | An improved version of the species with bright floral bracts. |
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| Pronunciation | (yew-FOR-bee-ah)(gri-FITH-ee-eye) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full to part sun in hotter areas |
| Moisture | average to moist, avoid drought conditions |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | As with most members of the Euphorbiacea family the structure we call a flower are really modified leaves called bracts. They are reds mix with yellows and oranges, turning to bright red in the fall. The real flowers are the terminal cymes found within the center of the bracts |
| Stems | As with all members of the Euphorbia genus when the stems are broken they bleed a white sap. This can cause irritation, especially if got in the eye or open cuts. |
| Dimensions | up to 3 feet, mounded |
| Maintenance | will reseed, dear resistant |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to the eastern Himalayas to the mountains of Myanmar (Burma) and western China. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by Alan Bloom of Bressingham Gardens, England in 1954. Found growing in a batch of Euphorbia griffithii seedlings. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills)) |
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