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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Stinging Nettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-02-001?:
Urtica dioica FAMILY Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Urtica gracilis
COMMON NAME:
American Stinging Nettle, Slender Nettle
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-02-001?:
Urtica dioica
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Urtica gracilis
2093
Forb
Perennial
Mostly monoecious
Habitat: Bottomland forests and edges, particularly over limestone or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina, naturalized in Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes present
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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