Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Literature for Euphorbia remyi
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. hanaleiensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Wood & Walsh, 2022. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. kauaiensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Wood & Walsh, 2022. Literature for Euphorbia remyi var. remyi
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
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General Information
Distribution
Habit
Shrubs; stems erect to scandent, 0.3-2 m long, glabrous, flowering branches 1-6 mm in diameter.
Leaves
Leaves decussate, elliptic to oblong or broadly lanceolate, 35-165 mm long, 15-75 mm wide, glabrous, rarely pubescent at basal margin, margins entire, apex broadly acute to acuminate or rounded, sometimes retuse, base cuneate to rounded or obtuse, oblique, petioles channeled above, 2-20 mm long, glabrous or pilose above, stipules acute to rounded-triangular, 1-2 mm long, ciliate, erose, caducous and leaving a scar.
Flowers
Cyathia solitary in the leaf axils or 2 or more in open, branched cymes, peduncles 3-11 mm long, glabrous; involucre broadly campanulate, 1.5-4 mm high, 2.5-5 mm wide, glabrous to pilose beneath the glands, glands 4-5, purple to red, glabrous; styles white to red, bifid less than 1/2 their length, 1-1.5 mm long; stigma thickened.
Fruit
Capsules green to brown, 3-5 mm long, glabrous to villous, especially along the sutures, sometimes glabrate at maturity, gynophores recurved, exserted 1-3 mm from involucre, glabrous.
Seeds
Seeds white to brown, 2-3 mm long, smooth to shallowly rugose.