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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis   FAMILY Urticaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

 

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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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