Flora of North America species comparison

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Hesperocnide tenella

annual stinging nettle, western stinging nettle, western-nettle
Habit Plants with taproot, 0.8-6 dm.
Leaf

blades 1-6 × 1-4 cm, base broadly cuneate, rounded, or cordate, apex acute or short-acuminate to obtuse tip.
Flowers

sessile to short-pedicellate;

perianth sac microscopically 2-4-lobed at apex, 0.4-0.8 mm.
Achenes

ovoid to broadly ovoid, 1-1.4 × 0.8-1 mm.
2n

= 24.

Hesperocnide tenella
Phenology Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat Moist, shaded places in chaparral, deserts, grasslands, and woodlands, or in open areas
Elevation 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (n Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Urticaceae > Hesperocnide
Name authority Torrey: Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 139. (1857)
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