Tragia urens |
Tragia brevispica |
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Habit | Herbs or subshrubs, 2–5 dm. | Herbs or vines, 2–12 dm. |
Stems | erect, green to purple-green, apex never flexuous. |
decumbent, twining, or erect, light green, apex usually flexuous. |
Leaves | petiole 0–2 mm; blade usually oblanceolate to linear, sometime elliptic, 2–8(–10) × 0.2–1.4 cm, base acute, margins entire or irregularly and shallowly sinuate, apex acute. |
petiole 6–38 mm; blade triangular to cordate, 1.9–6 × 1.5–3.5 cm, base truncate to cordate, margins serrate to crenate, apex acute. |
Inflorescences | terminal (often appearing leaf opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 3–45 per raceme; staminate bracts 1–1.5 mm. |
terminal (often appearing leaf-opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 2–8[–10] per raceme; staminate bracts 1–1.8 mm. |
Pedicels | staminate 1.3–2 mm, persistent base 0.3–0.6 mm; pistillate 3.5–4 mm in fruit. |
staminate 0.7–2 mm, persistent base 0.4–1.5 mm; pistillate 2–4 mm in fruit. |
Staminate flowers | sepals 4–5, green, 1–1.5 mm; stamens 2, filaments 0.2–0.4 mm. |
sepals 3–4[–5], green, 1–1.5 mm; stamens 3–4(–5), filaments 0.3–0.6 mm. |
Pistillate flowers | sepals linear, 1–1.8 mm; styles connate 1/4–1/3 length; stigmas undulate. |
sepals ovate, 1.3–3.5 mm; styles connate 1/3 length; stigmas subpapillate to undulate. |
Capsules | 7–8 mm wide. |
6.5–7 mm wide, often 1 carpel maturing. |
Seeds | brown with tan streaks, 3–4 mm. |
dark brown, 2.5–3.8 mm. |
2n | = 44. |
= 44. |
Tragia urens |
Tragia brevispica |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring; fruiting summer–fall. | Flowering spring–fall; fruiting late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Dry, sandy pinelands, oak barrens, disturbed fields. | Open forests, scrublands, disturbed roadsides, open fields, often on loam and clay soils. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | 10–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA
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LA; OK; TX; Mexico (Nuevo León) |
Discussion | Tragia urens is widespread from the Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic states and displays considerable foliar variation. Leaf blades that usually are oblanceolate to linear with entire to sinuate margins, two stamens, and sparse, stinging hairs are diagnostic traits for this species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The leaves of Tragia brevispica are highly variable and frequently resemble those of T. ramosa, which differs in having smooth stigmas and leaf blades much longer than wide. The presence of 1-carpellate fruit in T. brevispica is unique in Tragia in the flora area. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 190. | FNA vol. 12, p. 186. |
Parent taxa | Euphorbiaceae > Tragia | Euphorbiaceae > Tragia |
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Synonyms | Leptobotrys discolor, T. discolor, T. discolor var. linearis, T. discolor var. subovalis, T. linearifolia, T. urens var. innocua, T. urens var. lanceolata, T. urens var. linearis, T. urens var. subovalis | T. nepetifolia var. scutellariifolia, T. nepetifolia var. teucriifolia, T. scutellariifolia, T. teucriifolia |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 1391. (1763) | Engelmann & A. Gray: Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 262. (1845) |
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