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Eucnide rupestris

annual rock-nettle, rock nettle
Habit Herbs, annual, spindle-shaped (often nearly as wide as tall).
Leaves

blade slightly lobed.
Pedicels

(fruiting) to 2 cm, usually nodding.
Flowers

radially symmetric;

corolla essentially tubular, petals connate 9 mm, 2-colored, yellow to brown basally, green distally, ovate, to 15 mm;

stamens 15, inserted in upper portion of corolla tube, included, projecting toward style;

filaments to 5 mm, shorter than anthers.
2n

= 42.

Eucnide rupestris
Phenology Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Rocky slopes, washes.
Elevation 10–500 m. (0–1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora)
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Eucnide rupestris is endemic to the Sonoran Desert.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 496.
Parent taxa Loasaceae > Eucnide
Sibling taxa
E. bartonioides, E. lobata, E. urens
Synonyms Loasella rupestris, Sympetaleia rupestris
Name authority (Baillon) H. J. Thompson & W. R. Ernst: J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 86. (1967)
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