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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragia urens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
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Read more about Wavyleaf Noseburn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragia urens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tragia urens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Tragia urens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-06-001:
Tragia urens FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragia linearifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragia urens
COMMON NAME:
Wavyleaf Noseburn, Southeastern Noseburn, Sandhill Noseburn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trur_001_lvd
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Bobby Hattaway rah_tragia_urens
May
Male flowers above.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_tragia_urens1
June Scotland County NC
Smaller than T. urticifolia and without stinging hairs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_tragia_urens1b
June Scotland County NC
Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate to linear, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tragia urens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tragia urens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tragia urens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Tragia urens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 107-06-001:
Tragia urens
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragia linearifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragia urens
3460
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy woodlands, pine rocklands, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare in elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1-3mm long
Margins wavy to irregularly serrate to entire
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish-green/ Purplish
3-5 sepals in staminate flowers, 3-8 sepals in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
2-3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p190
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p312
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p182
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