Euphorbia nutans, Lag.

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 : 215

1. E. nutans Lag. , Gen. Sp. Nov. 17 (1816)

( E. presili Guss. ).

Procumbent to ascending annual up to 60 cm. Stems pubescent above when young, otherwise nearly glabrous. Leaves 10-30(-36) x 5-10(-14) mm, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, subacute or acute, asymmetrical at base, serrate, occasionally sparsely pubescent above, glabrous beneath; petiole 1-2 mm. Stipules 0-5 mm, triangular, connate or free. Glands transversely ovate, yellow, with small, pale pink appendages. Capsule 1- 8—2 x 2 mm, rather deeply sulcate, smooth, glabrous. Seeds 1 - 1 mm, ovoid-quadrangular, irregularly transversely rugulose, blackish. Disturbed ground. Locally naturalized in S. & S.C. Europe, and casual elsewhere. [Au Az Bu Ga He Hs Hu It?Ju Lu Rm Si.] (North America.)