Urtica chamaedryoides |
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heartleaf nettle, slim stingingnettle |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, with taproot, 1.5-8 dm. |
Stems | usually branched from base, erect or reclining. |
Leaf | blades narrowly ovate to orbiculate, distal blades sometimes lanceolate, 2-8 × 1-6 cm, base nearly cordate to rounded, sometimes cuneate in distal leaves, margins serrate, apex rounded to acute; cystoliths rounded or ± elongate. |
Inflorescences | ± globose cymes. |
Flowers | unisexual, staminate and pistillate intermixed in same inflorescence, sessile to short-pedunculate. |
Pistillate flowers | outer tepals linear, 0.4-0.8 mm, inner tepals ovate, 1.4-2 × 1-1.4 mm. |
Achenes | ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 1.2-1.4(-1.6) × 0.8-1 mm. |
2n | = 26. |
Urtica chamaedryoides |
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Phenology | Flowering all year except early winter. |
Habitat | Rich, wooded slopes, bluffs, stream banks, swamps, waste places, and fields, often on limestone or nearly neutral soils |
Elevation | 0-600 m (0-2000 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; OH; OK; SC; TN; TX; n Mexico
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Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Urticaceae > Urtica |
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Synonyms | U. chamaedryoides var. runyonii |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 113. (1814) |
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