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Mar 8, 2025 12:58 PM CST

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Name: Brandon Fortner
Boyd, Texas (Zone 9a)

I'm attempting to discover what this is. I looked at the devils backbone plant suggested by other members but it doesn't match there is no zigzag in the stems.

| @brandonfort | Post #3226184 (1)

Last edited by Calif_Sue Mar 8, 2025 3:21 PM

Lucy68

Mar 8, 2025 1:09 PM CST

California Central Valley (Zone 8b)

Does yours 'bleed' white when you cut it?

If you look at the plants in this link, not all have zigzags:
Devil's Backbone (Euphorbia tithymaloides)

| @Lucy68 | Post #3226185 (2)

brandonfort

Mar 8, 2025 1:13 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Brandon Fortner
Boyd, Texas (Zone 9a)

Yes I just clipped the dead ends from the cold months today and it bled a white milky colored and sticky substance

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NMoasis

Mar 8, 2025 1:26 PM CST

Name: Zoë
Albuquerque NM, Elev 5310 ft (Zone 7b)

Fww, that original question is 8 years old, even thought it is could be the same plant (?).
Perhaps @Calif_Sue can split this into its own thread?

| @NMoasis | Post #3226187 (4)

porkpal

Mar 8, 2025 2:09 PM CST

Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)

I have that plant and I believe the ID is correct: Euphorbia tithimaloides.

Porkpal

| @porkpal | Post #3226188 (5)

Calif_Sue

Mar 8, 2025 3:21 PM CST

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Name: Suzanne/Sue
Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a)
Sunset Zone 15

Split off to it's own post and edited OP post.

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CalPolygardener

Mar 9, 2025 12:28 AM CST

Name: John
California (Zone 9b)

Euphorbia bracteata. Straight stems to 8'+. Will grow in full sun with almost no water, even here. It will also take regular garden watering.

| @CalPolygardener | Post #3226359 (7)

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