Tragia smallii
Small's noseburn
erect, purple-green, apex never flexuous.
petiole 1–4 mm;
blade orbiculate to elliptic, 2–5 × 0.8–3 cm, base acute, margins serrate to crenate, apex acute to blunt.
terminal (often appearing leaf opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 4–11 per raceme;
staminate bracts 0.8–1.2 mm.
staminate 1.5–1.9 mm, persistent base 0.4–0.6 mm;
pistillate 2.8–3.4 mm in fruit.
sepals 4–5, green, 0.9–1.5 mm;
stamens 2, filaments 0.2–0.5 mm.
sepals lanceolate, 1.3–2.3 mm;
styles connate 1/4 length;
stigmas undulate.
9–13 mm wide.
dark brown with light brown streaks, 4–4.5 mm.
= 44.
Tragia smallii
Plants of Tragia smallii are easily distinguished from those of most Tragia species by the combination of orbiculate to elliptic leaf blades, two stamens, and relatively large seeds. K. I. Miller and G. L. Webster (1967) placed it and T. urens, which also has two stamens, in sect. Leptobotrys.
Tragia smallii is found on the Gulf Coastal Plain from eastern most Texas to peninsular Florida.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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