Hesperocnide Torr.

Stingingnettle (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae

Characteristics

Herbs , annual, with stinging and nonstinging hairs. Stems usually branched, erect, spreading, or reclining. Leaves opposite; stipules present. Leaf blades ovate to broadly ovate, distal blades sometimes broadly elliptic, margins serrate; cystoliths elongate. Inflorescences axillary, globose, nearly globose, or elongate-racemose or paniculate. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate in loose to dense clusters in same inflorescence; bracts absent. Staminate flowers: tepals 4, distinct, equal; stamens 4; pistillode present. Pistillate flowers: tepals 4, connate, forming persistent saclike structure covered with delicate, hooked hairs and completely enclosing mature, flattened achene; staminodes absent; style absent, stigma tufted, persistent. Achenes subsessile, laterally compressed, ovoid, tightly enclosed in persistent tepals. x = 12.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Images

Hesperocnide unspecified picture

Distribution

Hesperocnide world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40839-1
WFO ID wfo-4000017628
COL ID 4W34
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hesperocnide

Lower taxons

Hesperocnide sandwicensis Hesperocnide tenella