Eucnide urens Parry

Desert stingbush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Loasaceae > Eucnide

Characteristics

Subshrubs, moundlike (wider than tall). Leaves: blade usually unlobed, sometimes inconspicuously lobed. Pedicels (fruiting) less than 3 cm, usually curved to nodding. Flowers radially symmetric; corolla funnelform, petals connate 5 mm, 1-colored, white to cream, spatulate, to 45 mm; stamens 50+, inserted at base of corolla, included, most aggregated around style, only longer, outermost stamens spreading away from style, filaments 10–20 mm, longer than anthers. 2n = 42.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Images

Eucnide urens unspecified picture

Distribution

Eucnide urens world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:545124-1
WFO ID wfo-0000681164
COL ID 6H5X6
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Synonyms

Eucnide urens Eucnide parryi Eucnide synandra Mentzelia synandra