View source for Tragia brevispica

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|accepted_name=Tragia brevispica
|accepted_authority=Engelmann & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|place=5: 262. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Short-spike noseburn
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tragia nepetifolia var. scutellariifolia
|authority=(Scheele) Müller Arg.
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=T. nepetifolia var. teucriifolia
|authority=(Scheele) Müller Arg.
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=T. scutellariifolia
|authority=Scheele
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=T. teucriifolia
|authority=Scheele
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Tragia;Tragia brevispica
|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 brevispica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 184, 185, 187
|treatment_page=page 186
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or vines, 2–12 dm. <b>Stems</b> decumbent, twining, or erect, light green, apex usually flexuous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 6–38 mm; blade triangular to cordate, 1.9–6 × 1.5–3.5 cm, base truncate to cordate, margins serrate to crenate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal (often appearing leaf-opposed), glands absent, staminate flowers 2–8[–10] per raceme; staminate bracts 1–1.8 mm. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 0.7–2 mm, persistent base 0.4–1.5 mm; pistillate 2–4 mm in fruit. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3–4[–5], green, 1–1.5 mm; stamens 3–4(–5), filaments 0.3–0.6 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals ovate, 1.3–3.5 mm; styles connate 1/3 length; stigmas subpapillate to undulate. <b>Capsules</b> 6.5–7 mm wide, often 1 carpel maturing. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, 2.5–3.8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall; fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Open forests, scrublands, disturbed roadsides, open fields, often on loam and clay soils.
|elevation=10–500 m.
|distribution=La.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León).
|discussion=<p>The leaves of <i>Tragia brevispica</i> are highly variable and frequently resemble those of <i>T. ramosa</i>, which differs in having smooth stigmas and leaf blades much longer than wide. The presence of 1-carpellate fruit in <i>T. brevispica</i> is unique in <i>Tragia</i> in the flora area.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tragia brevispica
|author=
|authority=Engelmann & A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tragia nepetifolia var. scutellariifolia;T. nepetifolia var. teucriifolia;T. scutellariifolia;T. teucriifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall; fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Open forests, scrublands, disturbed roadsides, open fields, often on loam and clay soils.
|elevation=10–500 m.
|distribution=La.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León).
|reference=None
|publication title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|publication year=1845
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_237.xml
|genus=Tragia
|species=Tragia brevispica
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