Euphorbia prostrata Aiton , it is an annual herb, procumbent annual, with branches up to 20 cm. Stems usually glabrous below, pubescent above. Leaves (2-)8-10(-15) × (1-)4-6(-8) mm, ovate, obtuse, asymmetrical at the base, serrulate to sub entire, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole c. 1 mm. Stipules c. 1 mm, triangular, the upper free, the lower often connate. Glands transversely ovate, with small appendages. Capsule 1·5 × 1·5 mm, shallowly sulcate, sharply keeled, smooth, glabrous except for the ciliate keels. Seeds 1 mm, ovoid-quadrangular, deeply transversely furrowed, greyish.
Flowering in: Apr-Nov.
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