Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia

Euphorbia scordiifolia Jacq.

First published in Icon. Pl. Rar. 3(13): 5 (1794)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb, densely grey-pilose with long spreading hairs, branches prostrate to 30 cm long, often woody towards the base
Morphology Leaves
Leaves subsessile, ovate, 5–15 x 2–10 mm, margin serrate; stipules linear, 0.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Cyathia solitary, subsessile, clustered on congested leafy axillary branches, 1.5 mm in diam.; glands minute, reddish, with conspicuous white to pink lobed appendages to 0.5 x 1 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Styles minute, bifid almost to the base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule exserted on a pedicel 2 mm long, acutely 3-lobed, 2 x 2 mm, densely pilose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ovoid, 4-angled, 1.3 x 0.9 mm, shallowly pitted, pinkish grey.
Distribution
N1 West Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and the Arabian Peninsula, especially on coastal plains of the Red Sea.
Ecology
Altitude range 0–50 m.
Vernacular
Geed caanole (Somali)
[FSOM]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0