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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Laportea aestuans
FAMILY
Urticaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea aestuans
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Laportea aestuans
COMMON NAME:
West Indian Wood-nettle
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Keith Bradley kab_l_aestuans_78651
September Miami-Dade County FL
Plants with stipitate-glandular trichomes as well as stinging trichomes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
False Nettle, Wood Nettle and Stinging Nettle
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Keith Bradley kab_l_aestuans_78660
September Miami-Dade County FL
Staminate & pistillate flwrs in same panicle, or proximal panicles staminate, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Laportea aestuans
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea aestuans
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Laportea aestuans
3982
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Waste ground and agricultural areas (e.g. tree farms), per Weakley's Flora
Non-native
Waif(s)
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes present
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins regularly serrate or dentate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish?
4-5 sepals in staminate flowers, 2-4 in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
4-5 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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