Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh

Herbs , annual, with taproot, 1.5-8 dm. Stems usually branched from base, erect or reclining. Leaf blades narrowly ovate to orbiculate, distal blades sometimes lanceolate, 2-8 × 1-6 cm, base nearly cordate to rounded, sometimes cuneate in distal leaves, margins serrate, apex rounded to acute; cystoliths rounded or ± elongate. Inflorescences ± globose cymes. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate intermixed in same inflorescence, sessile to short-pedunculate. Pistillate flowers: outer tepals linear, 0.4-0.8 mm, inner tepals ovate, 1.4-2 × 1-1.4 mm. Achenes ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 1.2-1.4(-1.6) × 0.8-1 mm. 2 n = 26.