OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Laportea canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Laportea canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-01-001:

Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Urticastrum divaricatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Canada Wood-nettle


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Alan S. Weakley    asw_231865936098764

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

Seedlings.

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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 (Spira, 2011).

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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 (Carman, 2005).

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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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

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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

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm210824_3062

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves egg-shaped and coarsely toothed; stem bristly with stinging hairs, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).


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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Laportea canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Laportea canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-01-001:
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Urticastrum divaricatum

 

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796

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests, seepage swamps, especially abundant in cove forests in the Mountains and bottomlands in the Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes present

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Staminate flowers=Radially symmetrical; Pistillate=Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals in staminate flowers, 4 sepals in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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