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|accepted_name=Jatropha cathartica
|accepted_authority=Terán & Berlandier in J. L. Berlandier
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Comis. Limites,
|place=9. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|common_names=Berlandier’s nettlespurge
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Jatropha berlandieri
|authority=Torrey
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Jatropha;Jatropha cathartica
|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 cathartica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 199
|treatment_page=page 200
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, to 0.3 m, monoecious, with woody subterranean caudex to 13.5 cm diam., stem and root scars crescent-shaped. <b>Stems</b> erect, green, sparsely branched, herbaceous, somewhat succulent, glabrous; short shoots absent; latex watery, cloudy-whitish. <b>Leaves</b> ± evenly distributed on long shoots; stipules persistent, 2–3 mm, deeply divided into linear-lanceolate segments; petiole 6–10 cm, not stipitate-glandular; blade cordate in outline, 6–11 × 3.5–6 cm, deeply 5–7-lobed nearly to base, segments deeply lobed, base cordate, margins coarsely dentate, apex acuminate, membranous, surfaces glabrous; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, terminal and subterminal, cymes; peduncle 7.5–11 cm; bracts 3–10 mm, margins entire, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 9–13 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals connate 1/2 length, ovate, 2–2.5 × 1–1.2 mm, margins usually entire, rarely 1–2-lobed, apex acute, surfaces glabrous; corolla deep red, rotate-campanulate, petals distinct, 7–10 × 2–3 mm, surfaces glabrous; stamens 8 in 2 whorls (5 + 3); filaments of each whorl appearing connate 1/2 length at anthesis, distinct at maturity, both whorls 2.5–3 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers resembling staminate, but sepals distinct, lanceolate, 2.5–3.5 × 0.8–1 mm; corolla rotate, petals 7–9 × 2.5–2.8 mm; carpels 3; styles connate to 3/4 length, 0.5–1.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> spheric, 1–1.5 × 1–1.5 cm, explosively dehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> brown with darker markings, ellipsoidal, 9–13 × 5–7 mm; caruncle prominent. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Grassy clay-rocky and saline flats.
|elevation=1000–2500 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p><i>Jatropha cathartica</i> is attractive and is threatened by extensive collecting by growers and collectors of succulent plants. In the flora area, the species is known from south Texas.</p>
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name=Jatropha cathartica
|author=
|authority=Terán & Berlandier in J. L. Berlandier
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Jatropha berlandieri
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–summer.
|habitat=Grassy clay-rocky and saline flats.
|elevation=1000–2500 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Comis. Limites,
|publication year=1832
|special status=
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|genus=Jatropha
|species=Jatropha cathartica
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