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Forsskaolea
Sign in to saveForsskaolea is a small genus of 7 species of perennial herbs in the nettle family with non-stinging hairs and dot-like concretions of mineral matter on their green parts. The genus was named in honor of Swedish botanist Peter Forsskål.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyUrticaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Collections
- GH, NY, MNHN, UPS, BALT, K
- Recorded in
- Namibia, Morocco, South Africa, Mauritanie, Cabo Verde, Yemen, United States, Spain
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Urticaceae
- Image
- Forsskaolea angustifolia kz1.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
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Forsskaolea is a small genus of 7 species of perennial herbs in the nettle family with non-stinging hairs and dot-like concretions of mineral matter on their green parts. The genus was named in honor of Swedish botanist Peter Forsskål.
==Description== Leaves: The leaves have three ribs, are alternate, scalloped and with toothlike projections along the edges. Flowers: Budding flowers are flat-topped clusters and bisexual and from the base stem, enclosed in bell shaped, densely hairy, rings of 3-6 bracts. Flowers are minute and unisexual with the female surrounded by a ring of male flowers. Male flowers have 3-5 lobed calyx and the females have none. Solitary stamen, upright wooly ovaries with no style. Seeds: Achenes oval to elliptical, flattened, densely hairy and enveloped in wooly bracts.
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