Euphorbia polycephala Marloth

Bisexual, dwarf, glabrous, densely mound-forming succulent, 0.2-1.0 m in diam., branches 10-20 mm thick, very tightly packed, cylindrical to tapering towards tips, bright green. Leaf-rudiments soon deciduous, 3-10 x 2-6 mm, elliptical to ± circular, sessile. Cyathia initially solitary, terminating branches on fleshy peduncle 2-30 mm long, later others arising in succession from axils of upper bracts, 8-19 mm in diam.; glands 5, outer margins with 3-5 processes. Flowering time Oct.-Mar. Capsule 6-7 mm in diam., glabrous.