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Tragia cordata

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Michaux

Common Names

• Heartleaf Noseburn (USA)

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Alabama
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• New Mexico
• North Virginia
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Streamside
• open woodlands
• thickets
• plains

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (USA)

Fruiting Times

Hairy twining vine with coarsely dentate or serrate leaves to 120mm long. Green flowers with stinging hairs, axillary racemes to 40mm long, staminate flowers 1.2mm long, no petals& 3 sepals & 3 stamens, pistillate flowers have 5 sepals. Capsule with stinging pubescence to 16mm diameter

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• Kew