Eucnide lobata
Eucnide urens
lobed-leaf stingbush
desert bush nettle, desert rock nettle, desert stingbush
blade lobed.
blade usually unlobed, sometimes inconspicuously lobed.
(fruiting) to 10 cm, recurved.
(fruiting) less than 3 cm, usually curved to nodding.
radially symmetric or slightly bilaterally symmetric through orientation of style;
corolla rotate, petals connate 3 mm, 1-colored, yellow, spatulate, to 40 mm;
stamens 50–120, inserted at base of corolla, exserted, spreading away from style;
filaments 7–16 mm, longer than anthers.
radially symmetric;
corolla funnelform, petals connate 5 mm, 1-colored, white to cream, spatulate, to 45 mm;
stamens 50+, inserted at base of corolla, included, most aggregated around style, only longer, outermost stamens spreading away from style, filaments 10–20 mm, longer than anthers.
= 42.
= 42.
Eucnide lobata
Eucnide urens
Eucnide lobata is known in the flora area from Starr County.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Eucnide urens is found primarily in the Mojave Desert but extends into surrounding areas. Asydates inyoensis, soft-wing flower beetles of the family Melyridae, have been found in flowers of E. urens; they collect pollen on dorsal setae and likely serve as pollinators.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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