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Habit Herbs or subshrubs, 1.2–3.5 dm. Subshrubs or vines, 3–10 dm.
Stems

erect, green, apex flexuous.

trailing or twining, dark green, apex 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 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.

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 stipitate, prominent throughout, staminate flowers 10–30 per raceme;

staminate bracts 0.5–1.5 mm.

Pedicels

staminate 1.5–1.9 mm, persistent base 0.5–0.7 mm;

pistillate 3.2–3.7 mm in fruit.

staminate 1–2 mm, persistent base 0.3–0.7 mm;

pistillate 3–7 mm in fruit.

Staminate flowers

sepals 3–4, green, 1–1.5 mm;

stamens 3–4, filaments 0.4–0.6 mm.

sepals 3, green, 0.7–1.2 mm;

stamens 3, filaments 0.2–0.4 mm.

Pistillate flowers

sepals lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm;

styles connate 1/4–1/3 length;

stigmas undulate.

sepals lanceolate, 0.7–1.5 mm;

styles connate 1/3 length;

stigmas smooth to undulate.

Capsules

6–7 mm wide.

4–5 mm wide.

Seeds

dark brown with light brown streaks, 2.4–3 mm.

dark brown to black, 1.9–2.2 mm.

Tragia saxicola

Tragia glanduligera

Phenology Flowering late winter–fall; fruiting spring–early winter. Flowering late spring; fruiting late summer–fall.
Habitat Dry pinelands and hammocks on limestone substrates. Dry, sandy limestone soils, abandoned home sites and mesquite scrub.
Elevation 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.) 10–80 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL
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from FNA
TX; e Mexico; s Mexico; Central America (Guatemala)
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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.)

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.)

Source FNA vol. 12, p. 189. FNA vol. 12, p. 187.
Parent taxa Euphorbiaceae > Tragia Euphorbiaceae > Tragia
Sibling taxa
T. amblyodonta, T. betonicifolia, T. brevispica, T. cordata, T. glanduligera, T. jonesii, T. laciniata, T. leptophylla, T. nepetifolia, T. nigricans, T. ramosa, T. smallii, T. urens, T. urticifolia
T. amblyodonta, T. betonicifolia, T. brevispica, T. cordata, T. jonesii, T. laciniata, T. leptophylla, T. nepetifolia, T. nigricans, T. ramosa, T. saxicola, T. smallii, T. urens, T. urticifolia
Name authority Small: Fl. S.E. U.S. 702, 1333. (1903) Pax & K. Hoffmann: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 68[IV,147]: 55. (1919)
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