硬毛地锦 ying mao di jin

Herbs, annual, to 15 cm. Stems decumbent or prostrate, softly hispid. Leaves opposite; stipules divided into 2 or 3 linear lobes; petiole almost absent; leaf blade elliptic, both surfaces softly pilose, base obliquely rounded, margin sharply serrulate, apex obtuse. Cyathia single or on short leafy shoots; involucre turbinate, glabrous; glands 4, purplish, transversely ovate, appendages white or pink, obtusely 2- or 3-lobed, as wide as gland. Style arms shortly 2-lobed. Capsule lobes sharply keeled, sparsely pilose.

Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bangladesh, E India, Pakistan; SW Asia (Iran, Kuwait)].

Euphorbia hispida is included in this Flora on the basis of a single collection, Ducloux 4686, in Paris (P). The distinctive indumentum superficially resembles that of E. hirta but the hairs are uniformly long, not a mixture of long and very short.

One of us (Ma) does not agree with the treatment of this species here.