Family - Indian Society of Weed Science

Habit:
Stem:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Fruits:
Seeds:
Common Name : Gulf sandmart
Family : Euphorbiaceae
Annual herb, up to 20 cm long, 1-3 mm in
diameter.
Delicate, usually stoloni-shaped, multiramose,
sparsely pilose.
Opposite, elliptic, oblong or obovate, 4 - 8 mm
long, 2-5 mm wide, apex rounded, base
oblique, in-equilateral, rounded or subcordate,
margins serrulate, rarely entire, sparsely pilose
on both surfaces, rarely glabrous.
Inflorescences solitary or severally clustered at
leaf axils. Male flowers several, slightly
exceeding involucres. Female flower 1, stipes
of ovaries very shorter.
Appressed-pubescent, trivalved cocci.
Euphorbia thymifolia L.
Long, ovoid-tetragonal, 0.7 mm long, 0.5 mm in
diameter, scarlet.
Weed ID Manual 155