Hesperocnide tenella (Black-Hair Nettle)

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

4/23/19 growing with Bowlesia incana, Harford Springs Reserve

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Black-Hair Nettle

SPECIES: Hesperocnide tenella

FAMILY: Urticaceae (Nettle Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/23/19

LOCATION: Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Stem: < 5 dm. 

Leaf: 4--40 mm, ovate, thin, blunt-serrate; stipules small; petiole +- < blade, slender; crystals generally elongate, rounder in fully exposed pls. 

Inflorescence: < petiole, +- spheric. 

Flower: calyx 1--1.5 mm. 

Fruit: ovate. 

Ecology: Moist, shaded areas, often at base of rocks or shrubs, in chaparral, coastal scrub, riparian woodland, mesic oak woodland; 

Elevation: < 1200 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CW, SW (uncommon NCo, NCoRI, SNF); 

Distribution Outside California: northern Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Feb--Jun 

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