This tiny species, from southern Kenya and Tanzania, has numerous forms and appears to us to be an endpoint in the continuum between S. suffruticosa and S. gracilis. These plants are from material originally collected in the 1980s as part of the Euphorbia Reference Collection (ERC 12681). These plants have thin, relatively long cylindrical leaves. This plant is very easy to grow, producing clumps that are limited only by the size of the pot. These plants are rooted offsets in one-gallon pots.