Euphorbiaceae
Christplant
Euphorbia milii
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (24)
- Afrikaans
- Christusdoring
- Arabic
- اكليل الشوك, ايفوربيا شوكة المسيح, شمعدان, شوك المسيح, فربيون بهي
- Bangla
- ইউফরবিয়া মিলি
- Bulgarian
- Исусов венец, Трънен венец
- Catalan
- Corona d'espines
- Central Kurdish
- تاجی دڕکاوی
- Chinese
- 刺蓬花, 虎刺, 虎刺梅, 铁海棠, 铁海棠花, 麒麟刺, 麒麟花
- Czech
- Trnová koruna, Kristova koruna
- Dutch
- Christusdoorn
- English
- Christplant, Crown of thorns, Christ plant, Christ thorn
- Finnish
- Piikkikruunu
- French
- Couronne d'épines, Couronne du Christ, Épine du Christ, Couronnement d'épines
- German
- Christusdorn
- Japanese
- 花キリン, 花麒麟
- Malay
- Mahkota duri
- Malayalam
- Christ Plant, Crown-of-thorns, യൂഫോബിയ
- Portuguese
- Dois-amigos, Bem-casados, Coroa-de-cristo, Dois-irmãos, Martírios, Coroa de cristo, Dois-amores
- Russian
- Молочай прекрасный, Эуфорбия Миля
- Spanish
- Corona de Cristo, Corona de espinas, Espinas de Cristo
- Swedish
- Krist törnekrona
- Tamil
- கிறிஸ்து தாவரம், கிறிஸ்து முள், முள் கிரீடம்
- Thai
- โป๊ยเซียน, ต้นโป๊ยเซียน
- Turkish
- Çöl minesi
- Vietnamese
- Xương rồng bát tiên, Cây xương rắn
Synonyms
- Euphorbia bajeri var. mucronulatus Ram.Goyena
- Euphorbia bojeri Hook.
- Euphorbia bojeri Hook.
- Euphorbia breonii Nois.
- Euphorbia milii f. lutea Leandri
- Euphorbia milii var. breonii (Nois.) Ursch & Leandri
- Euphorbia milii var. milii
- Euphorbia splendens subsp. bojeri (Hook.) Denis
- Euphorbia splendens var. bojeri (Hook.) Costantin & Gallaud
- Sterigmanthe bojeri (Hook.) Klotzsch & Garcke
- Tumalis bojeri (Hook.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 148 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Fernando, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: woody832, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kuroru, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andy Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ…, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naksh Sorathiya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ…, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paki06, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Micha Baum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ…, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.