Euphorbia chamaesyce, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 216

5. E. chamaesyce L. , Sp. Pl. 455 (1753).

Procumbent, glabrous or villous annual with branches up to 30 cm. Leaves (1—)3—7(— 11) x (l-)2-5^4-5(-6) mm, asymmetrically ovate-suborbicular to oblong, obtuse or emarginate, oblique at the base, nearly entire or obscurely serrulate; petiole c. 1 mm. Stipules up to 1 mm, triangular. Glands suborbicular, with small, whitish appendages. Capsule 2 x 2 mm, rather deeply sulcate, smooth, glabrous to densely patent-pubescent. Seeds 1 -2 mm, ovoid-quadrangular, irregularly tuberculate-rugulose, greyish. Open habitats. S. Europe, extending northwards to E.C. Russia. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu.