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Common Name : Snake's tongue
Family : Euphorbiaceae
A slightly woody herb, annual or perhaps
lasting over one year.
About 60 cm high.
Sebastiana chamaelea (Linn.) Muell.
Alternate, thick-papery, linear or linearlanceshaped,
2-5.5 cm long, 2 - 10 mm wide, tip
blunt, margins densely toothed, usually with
glands. Midrib is prominent on both surfaces.
Flowers appear in 5-12 mm long spikes,
laterally or at the end of branches. Male flowers
are numerous, spirally arranged at upper part
of inflorescence axis, female ones 1 or several
inserted at lower part of inflorescence axis.
Capsules are triangular-spherical, 3-4 mm in
diameter.
Weed ID Manual 283