Literature for Euphorbia multiformis Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Euphorbia multiformis var. microphylla Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Euphorbia multiformis var. multiformis Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
Euphorbiaceae -- The Spurge Family	Bibliography
Euphorbia multiformis

General Information
Distribution
Habit	Shrubs; stems 0.5-2(-3) m long, glabrous to pilose or glabrate, flowering branches 1-15 mm in diameter.
Leaves	Leaves distichous, elliptic to ovate or obovate, (9-)15-40(-65) mm long, (4-)7-15(-25) mm wide, glabrous to pilose at basal margin, margins entire, apex acute to rounded, retuse, occasionally mucronulate, base rounded, oblique, petioles 1-3 mm long, glabrous to pilose above, stipules acute-triangular, 0.5-1.5(-2) mm long, erose, ciliate.
Flowers	Cyathia solitary in the leaf axils or 3-10 in cymes on shortened branches, peduncles 0.5-2 mm long, glabrous to pilose; involucre campanulate, 1.5-2.5 mm high, 1.5-3.5 mm wide, glabrous to pilose or villous beneath the glands, glands 4, green to red or purple, glabrous to pilose below; styles red to yellow, bifid 1/2 or more their length, 0.3-1 mm long, glabrous or pubescent; stigmas not thickened.
Fruit	Capsules green to red, 1.5-3 mm long, glabrous to slightly pilose on sutures, glabrate, gynophores recurved, exserted 2-3 mm from involucre, ± pilose.
Seeds	Seeds gray to brown, (1.2-)1.5-2 mm long, rugose.
Chromosomes	2n = ca. 38* (both vars.)