Tragia smallii |
Tragia amblyodonta |
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Small's noseburn |
blunt-tooth noseburn, dog-tooth noseburn |
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Habit | Herbs or subshrubs, 1.2–2.5 dm. | Subshrubs, 1.2–5 dm. |
Stems | erect, purple-green, apex never flexuous. |
erect to trailing, gray-green, apex often flexuous. |
Leaves | petiole 1–4 mm; blade orbiculate to elliptic, 2–5 × 0.8–3 cm, base acute, margins serrate to crenate, apex acute to blunt. |
petiole 4–20(–30) mm; blade usually triangular to subhastate, sometimes ovate, 1–4.5 × 0.8–3 cm, base cordate, hastate, or truncate, margins crenate to serrate, apex acute to obtuse. |
Inflorescences | terminal (often appearing leaf opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 4–11 per raceme; staminate bracts 0.8–1.2 mm. |
terminal or axillary, glands absent, staminate flowers 5–16 per raceme; staminate bracts 0.9–2 mm. |
Pedicels | staminate 1.5–1.9 mm, persistent base 0.4–0.6 mm; pistillate 2.8–3.4 mm in fruit. |
staminate 0.7–1.2 mm, persistent base 0.2–0.8 mm; pistillate 1.5–4 mm in fruit. |
Staminate flowers | sepals 4–5, green, 0.9–1.5 mm; stamens 2, filaments 0.2–0.5 mm. |
sepals 3–4, green, 0.9–1.2 mm; stamens 3–4, filaments 0.2–0.7 mm. |
Pistillate flowers | sepals lanceolate, 1.3–2.3 mm; styles connate 1/4 length; stigmas undulate. |
sepals lanceolate, 1–2.5 mm; styles connate to 1/3 length, short-exserted; stigmas undulate to subpapillate. |
Capsules | 9–13 mm wide. |
7–8 mm wide. |
Seeds | dark brown with light brown streaks, 4–4.5 mm. |
brown with tan mottling, 2.5–3.5 mm. |
2n | = 44. |
= 110. |
Tragia smallii |
Tragia amblyodonta |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer; fruiting summer–fall. | Flowering spring–fall; fruiting summer–late fall. |
Habitat | Dry, sandy oak-pine forests, prairies, disturbed grasslands. | Dry, rocky, exposed slopes in xerophytic scrub. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 10–1400 m. (0–4600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas) |
Discussion | 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.) |
Tragia amblyodonta is easily distinguished from other members of Tragia by the combination of usually triangular to subhastate leaf blades, gray-green coloration, and painfully stinging hairs. Both stomata diameter and pollen grain size of T. amblyodonta are larger than in any other North American species of Tragia (K. I. Miller and G. L. Webster 1967). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 190. | FNA vol. 12, p. 186. |
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Synonyms | T. nepetifolia var. amblyodonta | |
Name authority | Shinners: Field & Lab. 24: 37. (1956) | (Müller Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffmann: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 68[IV,147]: 51. (1919) |
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