Euphorbia acanthothamnos, Greek spiny spurge, is a species of flowering plant, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
Description It is a shrub that reaches 40 cm in height. It forms a thorny cushion that blooms from March to June. It grows mainly in limestone areas.
Distribution It is endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, Crete, Greece, and Turkey. It grows from sea level to more than 2000 meters.
Taxonomy Euphorbia acanthothamnos was described by Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss. and published in Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 2, 4: 1859. 86.
Acanthothamnos is an epithet that means "thorny bush" in Greek.
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