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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
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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, 1938)
Urtica gracilis
COMMON NAME:
American Stinging Nettle, Slender Nettle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_urgr3_001_lvd
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, 1938)
Urtica gracilis
2093
Forb
Perennial
Mostly monoecious
Native to North Carolina, naturalized in Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare
Habitat: 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?