Chamaesyce adhaerens Small, Torreya 27: 104. 1928

Stems prostrate to ascending, mat-forming, sparsely to densely villous, hairs uncinate or irregularly twisted, 0.2–0.5 mm. Stipules villous with uncinate or irregularly twisted hairs; petiole villous with uncinate or irregularly twisted hairs; blade 2–4.5 × 2–4.5 mm, as long as wide, surfaces green, villous with uncinate or irregularly twisted hairs. Involucre villous with uncinate or irregularly twisted hairs. Pistillate flowers: ovary villous with uncinate or irregularly twisted hairs. Capsules villous with uncinate or irregularly twisted hairs.

Flowering and fruiting year-round. Open pine rocklands; of conservation concern; 0–10 m; Fla.

Subspecies adhaerens is intermediate in both morphology and distribution between subspp. deltoidea and pinetorum.