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|accepted_name=Stillingia texana
|accepted_authority=I. M. Johnston
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|place=68: 91. 1923
|year=1923
}}
|common_names=Texas toothleaf
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sapium sylvaticum var. linearifolium
|authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Rep. U. S. Mex. Bound.
|publication_place=2(1): 201. 1859
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stillingia sylvatica var. linearifolia
|authority=(Torrey) Müller Arg.
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Stillingia;Stillingia texana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Stillingia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Stillingia texana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 234
|treatment_page=page 237
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, with woody caudex. <b>Stems</b> solitary or fascicled, erect, mostly unbranched, 1.5–4.5(–6) dm. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; stipules linear-lanceolate, to 1 mm; petiole absent; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, (1–)3–6(–7) × 0.3–0.6(–1) cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins crenate-dentate, teeth with prominent blackened tips, not incurved, apex acute; midvein prominent, especially proximally, secondary veins obscure. <b>Inflorescences</b> sessile, 3–9 cm; staminate cymules crowded, 3–5-flowered; pistillate flowers 3–4, crowded; bracts broadly deltate, to 1 mm, apex acute, glands patelliform, sessile, 2 mm diam. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: calyx 1 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals persistent, 3, well developed, elliptic; styles connate 3/4 length, to 4 mm. <b>Capsules</b> globose, 6–8 mm diam., shallowly 3-lobed; lobes of gynobase 2–3 mm; columella often persistent. <b>Seeds</b> gray, ellipsoid, 5 × 5 mm, smooth; caruncle white, broadly crescent-shaped, 1 × 1.3–1.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late Apr–May(–Jul); fruiting Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Calcareous prairies, open uplands.
|elevation=200–1500 m.
|distribution=Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila).
|discussion=<p><i>Stillingia texana</i> is widespread in central Texas, extending north to scattered locations in central Oklahoma.</p>
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name=Stillingia texana
|authority=I. M. Johnston
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Stillingia sylvatica var. linearifolia
|basionyms=Sapium sylvaticum var. linearifolium
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering late Apr–May(–Jul); fruiting Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Calcareous prairies, open uplands.
|elevation=200–1500 m.
|distribution=Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|publication year=1923
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_140.xml
|genus=Stillingia
|species=Stillingia texana
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