Derivation of specific name
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urens: acrid, burning, stinging
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urtica urens L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203760
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Monoecious annual herb, erect or ascending, often branched from the base, 10-60 cm tall. Stipules c. 1.5 × 0.5 mm, narrowly lanceolate. Leaves 1.5-4 cm, ovate or elliptic, incised-dentate; the lower shorter than their petioles; petiole 3-5 cm long. Inflorescences dense at first, becoming lax and spike-like and up to 2.5 cm long, bisexual. Achene laterally flattened.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urtica urens L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203760
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Rare
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urtica urens L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203760
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Originally from Old World temperate regions but now widespread in all temperate regions and the highlands of the tropics.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Urtica urens L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203760
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
