| Home Page | Pedilanthus is a genus of a dozen of tropical American shrubby plants related to euphorbias. They differ mainly in their flowers of asymetrical shape and look like a bird head or a shoe. The name Pedilanthus means 'foot-shaped flower', this is also reflected in the common name of Slipper Spurge where spurge is an usual name for an euphorbia.
Most species are frost sensitive, place them in a protected area of the garden (if your climate is mild). They are propagated by cuttings.
Pedilanthus macrocarpus synonym of Euphorbia lomelii (Slipper Plant, Gallito) Pedilanthus tithymaloides synonym of Euphorbia tithymaloides (Devil's Backbone)
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