• Protologue : Collectanea [Jacquin] 5: 113 (1796 [1797])
  • Status
  • NAaccepted (present)
  • TAaccepted (present)
  • Map
  • 1000 km
    1000 mi
    Leaflet © CJBG
  • Ecology and Distribution :
  • Tropical Africa
    Biology :
    Prostrate annual or perennial 10-40 cm tall with stems branched, striate; leaves 0,4-1,7x0,3-1 cm, opposite, obliquely ovate-oblong, the margin serrate-spinulate; petiole 0,5-1,5 mm; not spiny. Densely tomentose on all parts.
    Ecology :
    Weed; sandy soil of dunes and coastal plain; sandy soils of interior country; 0-330 m alt. Cape Verde Islands; Egypt; Arabia. - Zaire? (Bull. Soc. Bot. Belgique 84: 49, 1951).
  • Bibliography12
  • Etud. Hist. Sci. Afr. Occ. Ser.B : 1 (1940).
    Cat. Pl. Niger 147 (1976)
    Fl. Sahara (ed. 2) : 563 (1983).
    Cat. Pl. Mali 116 (1986)
    Fl. Mauritanie : 188 (1991).
    Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295 (1993).
    Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 53 (2000).
    Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:207 (2012)
    Pl. Sudan Checklist 220 (2015)
    Flore ill. Tchad 423 (2019) 
    CESAR J., CHATELAIN C., SCHMIDT M, ZIZKAG. & AL. (2024). Flore illustrée du Burkina Faso et du Mali. - Senkenberg: 590 — under: Euphorbia thymifolia Forssk.
    Fl. ill. Burkina Faso & Mali: 591 (2024)