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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragia urticifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragia urticifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Tragia urticifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Tragia urticifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-06-002:

Tragia urticifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tragia urticaefolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia


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image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

Roxanna Martin    rlm52910_69b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves triangular-ovate, leafbase truncate to subcordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm100624_045

June    Greenville County    SC

Stem bristled with white hairs that may sting, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140614_006b

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_041

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_043

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_044

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_084

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_084b

June    Greenville County    SC

Staminate flowers with 3-5 sepals and 2-3 stamens (no petals), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140617_090

June    Greenville County    SC

Spherical capsule in 3s, 4-10mm wide, greenish with white bristles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_091

June    Greenville County    SC

Capsule 3-locular, 7-8mm in diameter, each locule 1-seeded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_093

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140617_096

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140718_931

July    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm140718_931b

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Spikes with 1-2 female flowers at base, 11-40 male flowers above, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

Roxanna Martin    rlm71110_32

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Pistillate flowers with 3-8 sepals and 3 stigmas, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

Roxanna Martin    rlm82810_225

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Tragia produce seeds that are used by Northern Bobwhite and songbirds, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

Roxanna Martin    rlm82910_47

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

Roxanna Martin    rlm82910_49

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7283

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7285

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7286

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210907_3533

September    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaf blade triangular-lanceolate, base truncate to cordate, margins serrate, per Flora of North America.

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JK Marlow    jkm210907_3534

September    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm210907_3536

September    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm161009_871

October    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Tragia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Noseburn, Tragia

JK Marlow    jkm161009_874

October    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragia urticifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragia urticifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tragia urticifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Tragia urticifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-06-002:
Tragia urticifolia   FAMILY Euphorbiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragia urticaefolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1524

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry woodlands and rock outcrops, particularly over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in SC Mountains)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems bristled with white hairs (trichomes) that may sting

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 3-15mm long
Margins serrate
Leaves are subtended by stipules.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish-green/ Purplish
3-5 sepals in staminate flowers, 3-8 sepals in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
2-3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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