Tragia ramosa

Tragia ramosa

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Tragia
Species:
T. ramosa
Binomial name
Tragia ramosa

Tragia ramosa is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family known by the common names branched noseburn,[2] and desert tragia.

It is native to the southern Great Plains, South Central, and Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. It grows in scrub, woodland, and other desert and plateau habitat.

Description

Tragia ramosa is a perennial herb growing mostly erect, measuring 10 to 30 centimeters in maximum height. It is covered in long, rough stinging hairs.[3] The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades with toothed edges, which are borne on petioles.

The plant is monoecious. Its inflorescence contains a few male flowers and usually one female flower. The flowers lack petals but have green sepals.

The female flower yields a small capsule.

References

  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Tragia ramosa". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Tragia ramosa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. ^ Thurston, E. L. (1976). Morphology, fine structure and ontogeny of the stinging emergence of Tragia ramosa and T. saxicola (Euphorbiaceae). American Journal of Botany 63:6 710-18.

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