Tragia cordata Michx.

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Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Tragia

Characteristics

Vines, 15–20 dm. Stems usually decumbent or twining, rarely erect, gray-green to light green, apex flexuous. Leaves: petiole 15–85 mm; blade ovate to broadly cordate, 4.5–10(–13) × 3.5–10 cm, base cordate, margins serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences terminal (often appearing leaf-opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 20–60 per raceme; staminate bracts 1.5–2 mm. Pedicels: staminate 1.5–2.2 mm, persistent base 0.7–1 mm; pistillate 2.5–3 mm in fruit. Staminate flowers: sepals 3, green, 0.7–1 mm; stamens 3, filaments 0.2–0.5 mm. Pistillate flowers: sepals elliptic to ovate, 1.5–2 mm; styles connate 1/4–1/3 length; stigmas papillate. Capsules 11–13 mm wide. Seeds dark brown, 4.3–5.3 mm.
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Stems erect or often twining and to 1.5 m, hirsute; lvs long-petioled, ovate or triangular-ovate, 5–10 cm, more than half as wide, acuminate, coarsely serrate, cordate at base; racemes numerous, lf-opposed, 3–6 cm; staminate fls with 3 sep and 3 stamens; staminate pedicel exceeding the bract, but deciduous from near the base; pistillate fls few, the cal 5-lobed; fr bristly, 10–15 mm thick. Rich soil of rocky woods or hillsides; s. Ind. to s. Mo., s. to Fla. and La. June–Aug. (T. macrocarpa)
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Tragia cordata world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Georgia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:357708-1
WFO ID wfo-0000326641
COL ID 57VSW
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Tragia cordata Tragia macrocarpa Allosandra macrocarpa Tragia michauxii