Euphorbia multifaria

Prostrate annual or perennial herb with thickened rootstock, glabrous; stems to c. 10 cm long, not rooting at nodes. Leaves opposite, oblong, oblong-ovate or elliptic, 2–7 mm long, 1.5–4 mm wide, 1.8–1.9 times wider than long, aadaxial surface dull light blue-green often with reddish patches along the midline, smooth (rarely papillose), apex rounded, base asymmetric, margins minutely toothed; petioles 0.2–0.6 mm long; stipules not or only shortly united between petioles, triangular, 0.3–1 mm long, margins deeply laciniate, the stipules often appearing digitate. Cyathia solitary in uppermost axils or terminal on short branchlets; peduncles 0.3–0.4 mm long; involucre campanulate or turbinate, 0.5–0.6 mm long; glands cupuliform, 0.1–0.3 mm long, 0.2–0.4 mm wide, red; gland appendages vestigial, <0.1 mm long, c. 0.1 mm wide, pink; female flowers with styles entire to scarcely bifid or bifid for 1/3–1/2 of their length. Capsule subglobose, 1.5–2.1 mm diam., obtusely keeled, smooth or rarely minutely papillose, glabrous; seeds quadrangular-oblong, 1–1.5 mm long, 0.7–0.8 mm tangentially, 0.6–0.7 mm radially, smooth, faintly ridged, grey, white or pale brown, caruncle absent. Flowers throughout the year.