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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Laportea canadensis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canada Wood-nettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea canadensis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-01-001:
Laportea canadensis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laportea canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Canada Wood-nettle
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JK Marlow jkm090405_029
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm120424_528
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Often forms the dominant herbaceous layer in rich cove forests by midsummer, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Keith Bradley kab_l_canadensis_0703
May Richland County SC
Three Rivers Greenway
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JK Marlow jkm100730_259
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm100730_263
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Leaves alternate, broadly ovate, sharply toothed, 3-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Tim Spira tpslcanadensis
July
Flowers in terminal & axillary panicles: the upper female, lower male, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm150808_666
August McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3059
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3062
August Greenville County SC
Leaves egg-shaped and coarsely toothed; stem bristly with stinging hairs, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
COMPARE
False Nettle, Wood Nettle and Stinging Nettle
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_091421gsmnp46
September Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm111008_813
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Achenes crescent-shaped, pendulous on winged pedicels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Laportea canadensis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea canadensis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-01-001:
Laportea canadensis
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Laportea canadensis
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Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in moist, nutrient-rich forests, esp abundant in cove forests in the Mountains & bottomlands in the Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes present
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Unisexual
Staminate flowers=Radially symmetrical; Pistillate=Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals in staminate flowers, 4 sepals in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p137
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p416
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p198
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p467
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p060
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p050
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p071
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p395