Lucas Land
Falcate or Sickle Spurge
Euphorbia falcata
An erect glabrous or rarely sparingly puberulous somewhat glaucous annual herb upto 30 cm tall, but more commonly 5-20 cm tall, unbranched, 2-branch-ed or sometimes much-branched from the base. Stem-leaves alternate. Cyathia shortly pedunculate to subsessile, yellow or orange-pink. Glands transversely elliptic-oblong, crescentic, hornless or shortly 2-homed, yellow or greenish-yellow. Fruit ovoid-conic, 2 x 1.5 mm, smooth, pale green.
