land ii , ▁the ▁Lev uv hu ▁eu ph orb ia , ▁is ▁a ▁succ ul ent ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁sp ur ge ▁family ▁native ▁to ▁the ▁S out p ans berg ▁region ▁in ▁South ▁Africa , ▁and ▁sout he astern ▁Z imb ab we . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁medium - s ized , ▁mon oe cious ▁shr ub ▁with ▁multiple ▁sp iny ▁blue - green ▁photos yn th etic ▁st ems . ▁The ▁species ▁is ▁super f icial ly ▁similar ▁to ▁E . ▁water berg ensis , ▁and ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Lev ub u ▁River . ▁ ▁Description ▁A ▁per enn ial , ▁succ ul ent ▁shr ub ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 ▁m ▁tall ▁and ▁about ▁as ▁wide , ▁with ▁tr unk ▁that ▁r ises ▁only ▁a ▁bit ▁above ▁ground , ▁from ▁which ▁many ▁branches ▁spread ▁that ▁become ▁ere ct . ▁The ▁sp ine ▁shield s ▁form ▁a ▁continuous ▁hard ▁margin ▁along ▁the ▁branch ▁angles . ▁ ▁Hab itat ▁It ▁is ▁native ▁to ▁northern ▁South ▁Africa ▁and ▁southern ▁Z imb ab we , ▁where ▁it ▁grows ▁on ▁cl iffs ▁or ▁sand stone ▁rid ges ▁at ▁low ▁alt itude ▁( 3 0 0 ▁to ▁ 5 0 0 ▁m ) ▁in ▁hot ▁dry ▁areas , ▁and ▁may ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity ▁of ▁E . ▁conf inal is . ▁In ▁Z imb ab we ▁it ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁P es u ▁river ▁g orge , ▁some ▁ 2 3   km ▁north ▁of ▁P af uri . ▁ ▁References