Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
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.)