2093

Forb
Perennial
Mostly monoecious

Native to North Carolina, naturalized in Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Rare

Look for it in bottomland forests and edges, particularly over limestone or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes present

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves are subtended by stipules.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens in staminate flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p438?
• Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p469
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p001?
• Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p244?
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p060?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p050?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p071?

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis   FAMILY Urticaceae

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)
Urtica gracilis