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Eucnide urens

desert bush nettle, desert rock nettle, desert stingbush
Habit Subshrubs, moundlike (wider than tall).
Leaves

blade usually unlobed, sometimes inconspicuously lobed.
Pedicels

(fruiting) less than 3 cm, usually curved to nodding.
Flowers

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.
2n

= 42.

Eucnide urens
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat Clefts in cliffs, rocky slopes, wash margins, limestone, desert scrub.
Elevation -50–2000 m. [-160–6600 ft.]
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

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.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 496.
Parent taxa Loasaceae > Eucnide
Sibling taxa
E. bartonioides, E. lobata, E. rupestris
Synonyms Mentzelia urens
Name authority Parry: Amer. Naturalist 9: 144. (1875)
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