Herbs, annual, 20(-30) cm tall. Root fibrous, 2-3 mm, usually single. Stems many from base, prostrate or ascending, 1-3 mm thick, often red or pinkish red, glabrous or pilose. Leaves opposite; stipules membranous, deeply divided into often threadlike lobes, to 1.5 mm, caducous; petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade oblong or elliptic, 5-10 × 3-6 mm, adaxially green, abaxially light green, sometimes light red, both surfaces glabrous or pilose, base obliquely truncate, margin finely serrulate above middle, apex obtuse. Cyathia single, axillary, peduncle 1-3 mm; involucre turbinate, ca. 1 × 1 mm, marginal lobes 4, triangular; glands 4, oblong, appendages white or pink-red. Male flowers many, as high as cup. Female flower: ovary 3-angular-ovoid, smooth and glabrous; styles free, persistent; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 3-angular-ovoid-globose, ca. 2 × 2.2 mm, smooth. Seeds 3-angular-ovoid-globose, ca. 1.3 × 0.9 mm, gray, each side smooth; caruncle absent. Fl. and fr. May-Oct. 2n = 22*.
Ähnlich wie E. maculata, aber vollständig kahl. Blätter 1,5–2,5mal so lang wie breit, meist ohne roten Fleck vorn gezähnelt. Samen weiss bis graubraun, stumpfkantig, ohne Querrippen.
6–9. Gartenwege, Bahnareale, Schuttplätze, kollin. CH zerstreut.
| Name | Language | Country | |
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| Euphorbe couchée | French | CH |
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| Niederliegende Wolfsmilch | German | CH |
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| Euforbia atterrata | Italian | CH |
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