Tragia saxicola |
Tragia betonicifolia |
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betony-leaf noseburn |
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Habit | Herbs or subshrubs, 1.2–3.5 dm. | Herbs or subshrubs, 2–5 dm. |
Stems | erect, green, apex flexuous. |
erect to trailing, green to whitish green, apex never flexuous. |
Leaves | petiole 5–13 mm; blade suborbiculate to ovate, 1.2–3 × 1–2.3 cm, base subcordate, margins dentate to serrate, apex acute. |
petiole 10–40 mm; blade triangular-lanceolate to triangular-ovate, 1.5–6 × 1–3.5 cm, base cordate to truncate, margins serrate, apex acute. |
Inflorescences | terminal (often appearing leaf opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 12–20 per raceme; staminate bracts 0.8–1.2 mm. |
terminal (often appearing leaf-opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 15–80 per raceme, distally clustered; staminate bracts 1–2 mm. |
Pedicels | staminate 1.5–1.9 mm, persistent base 0.5–0.7 mm; pistillate 3.2–3.7 mm in fruit. |
staminate 0.7–1 mm, persistent base 0.3–0.6 mm, shorter than subtending bract; pistillate 3–4 mm in fruit. |
Staminate flowers | sepals 3–4, green, 1–1.5 mm; stamens 3–4, filaments 0.4–0.6 mm. |
sepals 3–4, green, sometimes red-tinged, 1.2–2.3 mm; stamens 3(–4), filaments 0.4–1 mm. |
Pistillate flowers | sepals lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm; styles connate 1/4–1/3 length; stigmas undulate. |
sepals lanceolate, 1.8–5 mm; styles connate 1/3 length; stigmas papillate. |
Capsules | 6–7 mm wide. |
7–9 mm wide. |
Seeds | dark brown with light brown streaks, 2.4–3 mm. |
dark brown with light brown streaks, 3–4 mm. |
Tragia saxicola |
Tragia betonicifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter–fall; fruiting spring–early winter. | Flowering late spring–summer; fruiting summer–fall. |
Habitat | Dry pinelands and hammocks on limestone substrates. | Dry, sandy soils, disturbed fields, prairies, open woods. |
Elevation | 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.) | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL |
AL; AR; KS; LA; MO; MS; OK; TN; TX; VA
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Discussion | Tragia saxicola occurs in south Florida and the Florida Keys. Although similar to T. smallii in its suborbiculate leaf blades, it differs in having longer petioles and smaller seeds. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Plants of Tragia betonicifolia resemble those of T. urticifolia but differ in the greater number of branches from the root crowns, the shorter length of the persistent staminate flower pedicel bases, the longer, narrower pistillate sepals, and the distally clustered arrangement of the staminate flowers. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 189. | FNA vol. 12, p. 186. |
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Synonyms | T. urticifolia var. texana | |
Name authority | Small: Fl. S.E. U.S. 702, 1333. (1903) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 173. (1835) — (as betonicaefolia) |
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