A sedum is taking over, could you help me ID the plant?

[alfredo]

TKS

[forgotmylogin]

1. The tops kind of look like artichokes (they're not)

My grandparents always had plants that look slightly like the top of those and they called them "roosters and hens" or "hens and chicks" or something, but they never grew so long.

[alfredo]

3. I planted my Hens and Chicks in a strawberry pot.

[MMTampa]

2. In Florida. . .

That is called Serpents Spine ( yeah, nice). Your are correct in calling it sedum, it is in the Succulents family.

[alfredo]

4. Thank you. That will help me dig up more info on them.

[alfredo]

5. Euphorbia myrsinites AKA Donkey Spine

[Curmudgeoness]

6. A warning

Use gloves when you touch that. I have it in my garden and it is lovely, but if I get any of the sap on my skin, I get really bad irritation.

[alfredo]

7. Thanks. The irritating sap is found in many plants.

I used to have to boil milkweed three times to remove the latex. Pencil actually also has an irritating sap.

I don't know why I even tried growing pencil cactus. They are ugly.

[Curmudgeoness]

8. Actually, this is related to pencil cactus.

They are both Euphorbia.

[alfredo]

9. Thanks for knowing where I was going even though I omitted Cactus.