Tragia glanduligera
brush noseburn, sticky noseburn
trailing or twining, dark green, apex flexuous.
petiole 6–22 mm;
blade narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–4 × 1.5–2 cm, base shallowly cordate to truncate, margins serrate to crenate, apex acute to acuminate.
terminal (often appearing leaf-opposed), glands stipitate, prominent throughout, staminate flowers 10–30 per raceme;
staminate bracts 0.5–1.5 mm.
staminate 1–2 mm, persistent base 0.3–0.7 mm;
pistillate 3–7 mm in fruit.
sepals 3, green, 0.7–1.2 mm;
stamens 3, filaments 0.2–0.4 mm.
sepals lanceolate, 0.7–1.5 mm;
styles connate 1/3 length;
stigmas smooth to undulate.
4–5 mm wide.
dark brown to black, 1.9–2.2 mm.
Tragia glanduligera
Southern Texas is the northernmost distribution of Tragia glanduligera. In Mexico, it is found in tropical deciduous forests in Campeche, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Yucatan. This species and T. jonesii are the only species in the flora area with stipitate glands on the inflorescence. Tragia glanduligera differs from T. jonesii by its leaf blade margins with 10–15 smaller teeth per side, shorter staminate pedicels, and truncate to weakly cordate leaf blade bases.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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