Euphorbiaceae

Pascuita

Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsy

Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia

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Pascuita (Euphorbia leucocephala) — FlowerPhoto: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 白雪木
English: Pascuita
French: Neige du Kilimandjaro
Japanese: ユーフォルビア・レウコケファラ
Malayalam: തുഷാരസസ്യം
Persian: یوفوربیا سرسفید

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Saban-Sequén, E.A., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Duarte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jake Rehage, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: poorni A, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pratik Borsadiya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: veronique Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.