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|accepted_name=Cnidoscolus stimulosus
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) Engelmann & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|place=5: 234. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Tread softly;finger rot
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Jatropha stimulosa
|authority=Michaux
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 216. 1803
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Bivonea stimulosa
|authority=(Michaux) Rafinesque
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus
|authority=(Michaux) Govaerts
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Cnidoscolus;Cnidoscolus stimulosus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cnidoscolus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cnidoscolus stimulosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 198
|treatment_page=page 197
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>10–120 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules 2–3.5 mm, margins entire; petiole 3–8 cm; blade ovate to round in outline, 5–17 × 4–12 cm, deeply lobed, lobes (1/2–)3/4–9/10 blade length, base broadly cordate to truncate, margins usually dentate, rarely entire, teeth and lobe apices acute to obtuse, not aristate. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: calyx salverform, tube 8–11 mm, distally straight or constricted, stinging hairs absent, lobes 7–10 mm; stamens of outer whorl shorter than inner, filaments of outer whorl distinct, of inner whorl connate most of length; staminodes 0. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 10–15 mm; stigmas 12–24. <b>Capsules</b> 10–12 mm. <b>Seeds</b> brown, sometimes mottled, 8–9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Sandhills, dry sandy woods, sandy old fields.
|elevation=0–600 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|discussion=<p>In Kentucky, <i>Cnidoscolus stimulosus</i> is occasionally naturalized along railroads. Although closely related to <i>C. urens</i> (Linnaeus) Arthur of Mexico, Central America, and South America, <i>C. stimulosus</i> differs in habit, leaf pubescence, and seed shape, and the two are treated here as distinct species.</p>
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name=Cnidoscolus stimulosus
|author=
|authority=(Michaux) Engelmann & A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Bivonea stimulosa;Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus
|basionyms=Jatropha stimulosa
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Sandhills, dry sandy woods, sandy old fields.
|elevation=0–600 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|publication year=1845
|special status=Weedy;Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Cnidoscolus
|species=Cnidoscolus stimulosus
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