...Dry
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 107-01-001:
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
FAMILY
Euphorbiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
COMMON NAME:
Spurge-nettle, Tread-softly, Bull-nettle, Finger-rot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cnst_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060423_020
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves deeply 3 to 5-lobed and lobes toothed (maple leaf like), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm080713_039
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Central flower [of each cyme] usually pistillate, lateral usually staminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm080713_075
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Upright spherical to cylindrical pods covered by stinging hairs, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm090717_094
July Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony
Beset with stinging trichomes, per Weakley's Flora.
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_6501
September Orangeburg County SC
Pollinator at work: Greater Bee Fly, Bombylius major