Tragia urens: Country Or Region Of Origin
Southeastern U.S.A. to TX
Plant Profile: Tragia urens
Taxonomy: Tragia urensNames
Southeastern Noseburn, Wavyleaf Noseburn
Phonetic Spelling:
Genus:Tragia
Species:urens
Family:Euphorbiaceae
Wavyleaf noseburn is a perennial plant indigenous to the Euphorbiaceae family, commonly known as spurge. This species thrives in dry, sandy soil conditions.
Tags
#native perennial
#NC native
#hairy leaves
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Tragia urens Feature Summary
Attributes
Southeastern U.S.A. to TX
Perennial
Flowers
Tiny blooms in racemes that form in the axils from April to June with small orange yellow flowers with 5 red spotted petals that bend backward.
Gold/Yellow
Red/Burgundy
Green
Orange
Raceme
Spring
Summer
4-5 petals/rays
Leaves
Alternate simple leaves with hairs margins entire, undulate or sinuate with a few distal teeth.
Green
Simple
Alternate
Entire
Sinuate
Undulate
Stem
Erect thin branched stems with soft pubesenct hairs
Green
Hairy (pubescent)
Whole Plant Traits
Perennial
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Plant
Erect
Cultural Conditions
Occasionally Dry
Very Dry
Sand
Fruit
Capsule
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Tragia urens Attributes
Tragia urens: Life Cycle
Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody
Tragia urens Flowers
Tragia urens: Flower Description
Tiny blooms in racemes that form in the axils from April to June with small orange yellow flowers with 5 red spotted petals that bend backward.
Tragia urens: Flower Color
Gold/Yellow
Green
Orange
Red/Burgundy
Tragia urens: Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Tragia urens: Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Tragia urens: Flower Petals
2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals
Tragia urens Leaves
Tragia urens: Leaf Description
Alternate simple leaves with hairs margins entire, undulate or sinuate with a few distal teeth.
Tragia urens: Leaf Color
Green
Tragia urens: Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Tragia urens: Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled
Tragia urens: Leaf Margin
Crenate
Crenulate
Dentate
Denticulate
Doubly Crenate
Doubly Dentate
Doubly Serrate
Entire
Lobed
Serrate
Sinuate
Undulate
Tragia urens: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Tragia urens Stem
Tragia urens: Stem Description
Erect thin branched stems with soft pubesenct hairs
Tragia urens: Stem Color
Green
Tragia urens: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
Tragia urens: Stem Surface
Corky Ridges
Covered with a powdery bloom (glaucous)
Dull
Hairy (pubescent)
Polished
Smooth (glabrous)
Tragia urens Whole Plant Traits
Tragia urens: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Tragia urens: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Tragia urens Cultural Conditions
Tragia urens: Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Tragia urens: Soil Texture
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Tragia urens Fruit
Tragia urens: Fruit Type
Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua
