Characteristics
Dicots
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh
HEARTLEAF NETTLE
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This species can cause a stinging sensation (Coile 1999) probably due to injection of neurotransmitters and other irritants when handled.
Native
FAC (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
URTICA CHAMAEDRYOIDES Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 113. 1814.
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Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
Brevard
USF
Calhoun
USF
Charlotte
FLAS
Citrus
USF
Columbia
FLAS
Duval
FLAS
Gilchrist
FLAS
Hillsborough
USF
Holmes
PIHG
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Urtica alba
Urtica alba Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 114. 1817.
TYPE: LOUISIANA:
Urtica aureliana
Urtica aureliana Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 614. 1853.
TYPE: LOUISIANA:
Urtica berlandiera
Urtica berlandiera Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: 151. 1856 ("1852").
TYPE: MEXICO:
Urtica chamaedryoides var. orizabae
Urtica chamaedryoides Linnaeus, var. orizabae (Liebmann) Weddell, in de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 43. 1869.
BASIONYM: Urtica orizabae Liebmann 1851.
Urtica chamaedryoides var. runyonii
Urtica chamaedryoides Linnaeus, var. runyonii Correll, Wrightia 3: 129. 1965.
TYPE: TEXAS: Cameron Co.: "Ortiguilla", Brownsville, 15 Apr 1959, Runyon 4731 (holotype: LL).
Urtica gracilescens
Urtica gracilescens Blume, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 151. 1856 ("1852").
Urtica gracilis
Urtica gracilis Rafinesque, Atl. J. 16. 1832, non Aiton 1789.
TYPE: KENTUCKY:
Urtica leucotrys
Urtica leucotrys Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 114. 1817.
TYPE: LOUISIANA
Urtica orizabae
Urtica orizabae Liebmann, Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 5. 2: 292. 1851.
TYPE: MEXICO:
Urtica propinqua
Urtica propinqua Liebmann, Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser. 5. 2: 293. 1851.
TYPE: MEXICO: Puebla:
Specimens and Distribution
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