Euphorbia glanduligera cyathia and fruit

    Euphorbia glanduligera cyathia and fruit
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Judd Kirkel Welwitch

    The cyathia of Euphorbia glanduligera are small, yellow and green, subtended by leaf-like bracts. They grow in small, stem-tip clusters or solitary. The bracts are shorter than the normal leaves, but similarly shaped.

    The fruits are ovoid green capsules, in the photo showing a rough surface, covered in white mottling and a bit of the persistent stigma protruding at the tip.

    This plant was seen near the Gariep River in April (Encyclopedia of Life; iNaturalist; iSpot; https://www.selinawamucii.com).

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