Biology:Tragia cordata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Tragia cordata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Tragia |
| Species: | T. cordata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tragia cordata Michx.
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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]
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
- ↑ "Tragia cordata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRCO. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ "Tragia cordata", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Tragia%20cordata.png, retrieved 18 December 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 MissouriPlants
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Flora of North America, Tragia cordata
Wikidata ☰ Q15384052 entry
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