Euphorbia tridentata is a species of succulent spurge native to the southern Cape, South Africa.

[1] A small, low, spreading, semi-geophytic stem-succulent, with tuberous roots and rhizomes.

During the dry seasons, the stems can die back above ground.

Their five involucral glands each carry 3 or 4 distinctive finger-like outgrowths.

In the Western Cape Province, it occurs around the town of Riversdale, westwards to Heidelberg and eastwards to Mossel Bay and Hartenbos.