From Baja California, this species is an openly branched shrub with woody trunk and stems. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate and fairly small, emphasizing the greenish stems. The cyathophylis are large, white and pink. Euphorbia xantii blooms almost year around with perhaps the most fragrant cyathia in the Euphorbiaceae. We grow it outside in Tucson with mild frost. During the colder frosts, it can freeze nearly to the ground but it recovers the following growing season. These plants are rooted offsets in 4-inch pots.