Botanical name: Euphorbia bracteata    Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Tithymaloides bracteata, Pedilanthus bracteatus, Tithymalus bracteatus

Slipper Plant is a fleshy shrub with upright, narrowly cylindrical branches with glaucous green leaves that occur just near the branch tips. The flowers (technically cyathia) are pale green to reddish, surrounded by attractive, large red bracts. They appear in clusters at the branch tips. The plant can grow up to 8 feet tall, basally clumping to nearly 6 feet wide. All vegetative parts are often sparsely hairy. The stems are leafless before flowering. The leaves are ovate with a short leaf-stalk and a thick, prominent midvein on the lower surface. They can measure up to 10 cm long and 6 cm wide. The fruits are reddish, 3-celled capsules that can reach up to 1.3 cm in diameter. Slipper Plant is native to Mexico, cultivated widely as a succulent.

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