Chamaesyce Gray >
Stipules present, distinct, interpetiolar Chamaesyce
Leaves 4–8 mm long, elliptic, ovate or ovate-oblong, opposite, in 2 ranks, often bluish green. Plants mostly less than 30 cm across. Cyathia solitary, axillary. Involucral glands red with a pink or white appendage. Fruit 2 mm long
Stem with 2 longitudinal bands of hairs. Leaves mostly c. 1 mm wide. Fruit pubescent. Seeds with a number of undulations. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Weed in gardens. Introd. from Trop. America. Fl. summer Chamaesyce maculata