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|accepted_name=Jatropha cardiophylla
|accepted_authority=(Torrey) Müller Arg. in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.
|place=15(2): 1079. 1866
|year=1866
}}
|common_names=Sangre de Cristo;heartleaf dragon's blood or limberbush
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mozinna cardiophylla
|authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|publication_title=Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication_place=2(1): 198. 1859
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Jatropha;Jatropha cardiophylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Jatropha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Jatropha cardiophylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 199, 204
|treatment_page=page 203
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs,</b> to 0.5–1 m, dioecious, rhizomatous, often forming large clumps. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, reddish brown, much-branched, rubbery-succulent, glabrous; short shoots common; latex watery, colorless to cloudy-whitish in young shoots, blood red in basal portions of older shoots and rhizomes. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, born profusely on long and short shoots in rainy season; stipules absent; petiole 1–2.5 cm, not stipitate-glandular; blade widely ovate-deltate, 1.8–4.6 × 1.5–2.6 cm, unlobed, base truncate, margins sinuate to weakly serrate-crenate with glands on apices of crenations in younger leaves, apex acuminate, membranous, surfaces glabrous; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymes; staminate with peduncle 0.8–3 cm, pistillate with peduncle absent; bracts 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, or sometimes with glands, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–3 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals distinct, ovate to obovate, 2–2.5 × 0.8–1 mm, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces glabrous; corolla light pink to white, tubular, petals connate to 3/4 length, 5–7.5 × 1.8–2.2 mm, surfaces glabrous; stamens 10 in 2 whorls (5 + 5); filaments of both whorls distinct, outer whorl 1 mm, inner whorl 2 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers resembling staminate, but sepals obovate, 1–2.5 × 0.8–2 mm, apex rounded; petals connate to 1/2 length, 6.5–9 × 1.8–2.7 mm; carpel 1; style 1 mm. <b>Capsules</b> spheric, apiculate, 1.1–1.8 × 1.1–1.8 cm, tardily dehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> mottled gray-brown, spheric, 12 mm diam.; caruncle rudimentary. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Gravelly desert washes and volcanic hillsides.
|elevation=600–1500 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Jatropha cardiophylla</i> and <i>J. dioica</i> often have been confused because of the similarity of their spreading rhizomatous habits and red rubbery branches during the dormant season. The two species are easily distinguished by their leaves. Furthermore, <i>J. cardiophylla</i> is restricted to the Sonoran Desert; <i>J. dioica</i> is found only in the Chihuahuan Desert and areas to the east.</p>
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name=Jatropha cardiophylla
|authority=(Torrey) Müller Arg. in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mozinna cardiophylla
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Gravelly desert washes and volcanic hillsides.
|elevation=600–1500 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.
|publication year=1866
|special status=
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|genus=Jatropha
|species=Jatropha cardiophylla
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