Hesperocnide tenella

Torrey

Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5): 139. 1857.

Common names: Western-nettle
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Plants with taproot, 0.8-6 dm. Leaf-blades 1-6 × 1-4 cm, base broadly cuneate, rounded, or cordate, apex acute or short-acuminate to obtuse tip. Flowers sessile to short-pedicellate; perianth sac microscopically 2-4-lobed at apex, 0.4-0.8 mm. Achenes ovoid to broadly ovoid, 1-1.4 × 0.8-1 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Moist, shaded places in chaparral, deserts, grasslands, and woodlands, or in open areas
Elevation: 0-1000 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (n Baja California)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (?) +
ovoid +  and broadly ovoid +
0.8mm +  and 1mm +
short-acuminate +  and obtuse +
David E. Boufford +
Torrey +
cordate +, rounded +  and cuneate +
Western-nettle +
Calif. +  and Mexico (n Baja California) +
0-1000 m +
reflexing +  and inflexed +
sessile +  and short-pedicellate +
loosely +  and free +
Moist, shaded places in chaparral, deserts, grasslands, and woodlands, or in open areas +
paniculate +  and elongate-racemose +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
ovate +  and broadly ovate +
rounded +  and linear +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
accrescent +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
Pacif. Railr. Rep. +
Illustrated +
reclining +, spreading +  and erect +
persistent +
Hesperocnide tenella +
Hesperocnide +
species +
reddish +, greenish +, green +  and white +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
hypogynous +