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

General Information
Distribution
Habit	Subshrubs; stems erect or ascending to prostrate, 0.2-1(-2) m long, pilose to villous, glabrate, flowering branches occasionally nodose, 0.5-2 mm in diameter.
Leaves	Leaves distichous, sometimes repand, ovate-elliptic to obovate or elliptic to oblanceolate, (5-)12-25(-32) mm long, 3-12 mm wide, upper surface glabrous, lower surface pilose to villous, at least on midvein and at basal margin, margins serrate or entire, apex acute to rounded, retuse or mucronulate, base cuneate to rounded, oblique, petioles (1-)1.5-4 mm long, pilose to villous, stipules rounded-triangular, 0.5-1 mm long, glabrous to villous, ciliate, erose.
Flowers	Cyathia solitary in the leaf axils, peduncles 0.5-1(-1.5) mm long, pilose to villous; involucre campanulate, 1-2 mm high, 1-2 mm wide, glabrous to pilose, glands 4(5), yellowish green to red, glabrous or pilose below; styles green to white or red, bifid ca. 1/2 their length, 0.5-1 mm long, glabrous to sparsely villous; stigma thickened.
Fruit	Capsules green, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous or sparsely tomentose, gynophores recurved, becoming erect just prior to dehiscence, exserted 1-2 mm from involucre, villous.
Seeds	Seeds gray to brown, 1-1.3 mm long, rugose.