View source for Tragia betonicifolia

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|accepted_name=Tragia betonicifolia
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|place=5: 173. 1835
|year=1835
|other_info_on_pub=(as betonicaefolia)
}}
|common_names=Betony-leaf noseburn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tragia urticifolia var. texana
|authority=Shinners
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Tragia;Tragia betonicifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tragia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tragia betonicifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 185, 191
|treatment_page=page 186
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, 2–5 dm. <b>Stems</b> erect to trailing, green to whitish green, apex never flexuous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 10–40 mm; blade triangular-lanceolate to triangular-ovate, 1.5–6 × 1–3.5 cm, base cordate to truncate, margins serrate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal (often appearing leaf-opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 15–80 per raceme, distally clustered; staminate bracts 1–2 mm. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 0.7–1 mm, persistent base 0.3–0.6 mm, shorter than subtending bract; pistillate 3–4 mm in fruit. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3–4, green, sometimes red-tinged, 1.2–2.3 mm; stamens 3(–4), filaments 0.4–1 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals lanceolate, 1.8–5 mm; styles connate 1/3 length; stigmas papillate. <b>Capsules</b> 7–9 mm wide. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown with light brown streaks, 3–4 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, sandy soils, disturbed fields, prairies, open woods.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i>Tragia betonicifolia</i> resemble those of <i>T. urticifolia</i> but differ in the greater number of branches from the root crowns, the shorter length of the persistent staminate flower pedicel bases, the longer, narrower pistillate sepals, and the distally clustered arrangement of the staminate flowers.</p>
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name=Tragia betonicifolia
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tragia urticifolia var. texana
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, sandy soils, disturbed fields, prairies, open woods.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|publication year=1835
|special status=Weedy;Endemic
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|genus=Tragia
|species=Tragia betonicifolia
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