Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
		
Smallseed Sandmat. 
		
Euphorbia polycarpa. 
		
Spurge family.
	
 	 
		
			 The small flowers have 4, petal-like, often scalloped appendages, each with a red to black, pad-shaped gland at their base. Although individually small, the flowers are quite numerous. The leaves are green, fleshy, and oval-shaped with with acute to obtuse tips. The stems are reddish. The plants are prostrate to ascending and glabrous to hairy.  
				
				
Santa Catalina Mountains.
				
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
				
Location: Alongside tram road just before Bluff Trail junction 
				
5/16/15
				
						
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