Euphorbia dracunculoides, Lam.
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63. E. dracunculoides Lam. View in CoL View at ENA , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 428 (1788).
Glabrous annual up to 10 cm, often much-branched from the base, and with 0-6 axillary rays. Leaves 4-15 x 1-4-5 mm, obovate to linear-spathulate, often 2- to 6-toothed at the apex. Ray- and raylet-leaves smaller than the cauline leaves, variable in shape. Rays (2-)3, up to 4 times dichtomous. Capsule 2-5 x 2-8 mm, shallowly sulcate, smooth. Seeds 1 -5 mm, ovoid, grey with white conical tubercles. Stony ground. S.E. Spain {Cabo de Gata, Prov. Almeria). Hs.
This species is represented in Europe only by subsp. inconspicua (Ball) Maire , Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 20: 202 (1929) { E. glebulosa var. almeriensis Lange ). The typical subspecies occurs throughout most of the drier tropics and sub tropics of the Old World.
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Euphorbia dracunculoides
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
E. dracunculoides
Lam. 1788: 428 |