Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle)

3/24/17 Above Site #22, Dripping Springs Campground, Agua Tibia,

Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA 

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Stinging Nettle

SPECIES: Urtica dioica 

FAMILY: Urticacaea (Nettle Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/24/17

LOCATION: Above Site #22, Dripping Springs Campground, Agua Tibia Wilderness, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

Native

Habit: Perennial herb 5--30 dm, from rhizome, +- erect, stinging hairs few to many, non-stinging 0 to dense, generally shorter.

 Leaf: blade 6--20 cm, narrow-lanceolate to wide-ovate, base tapered to cordate. 

Inflorescence: spike-, raceme-, or panicle-like, 1--7 cm, generally > petiole, of staminate or pistillate flowers. 

Fruit: ovate. 

Note: Urtica dioica subsp. dioica dioecious, native to Eurasia; naturalized in North America; report from California in FNANM based on an unconfirmed collection. 

Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Dennis W. Woodland