Tragia_cordata

<i>Tragia cordata</i>

Tragia cordata

Species of flowering plant

Tragia cordata, commonly called the heartleaf noseburn,[1] is a species of herbaceous plant in the spurge family. It is native to North America, where it is found in scattered in the southeastern United States.[2] Its natural habitat is in rocky calcareous woodlands and prairies.[3]

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This species is notable for its intensely painful stinging hairs.[4] It is readily distinguished from other Tragia in the east by its vining habit and large heart-shaped leaves.[3][5] It produces small green flowers in the summer and early fall.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tragia cordata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Tragia cordata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. [3]
    Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
  4. [4]
    MissouriPlants
  5. [5]
    Flora of North America, Tragia cordata
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