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Hesperocnide
Sign in to saveHesperocnide is a small genus of nettles containing two species. These are annual herbs covered in stinging hairs and toothed leaves.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyUrticaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Collections
- UCSC, SBBG, BRIT, VT
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Urticaceae
- Image
- Starr 040723-0099 Hesperocnide sandwicensis.jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Hesperocnide
- Commons category
- Hesperocnide
- taxon common name
- stingingnettle
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hesperocnide is a small genus of nettles containing two species. These are annual herbs covered in stinging hairs and toothed leaves. Hesperocnide sandwicensis , the Hawaii nettle, is endemic to Hawaii. Hesperocnide tenella , the western nettle, is native to California and Baja California.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hesperocnide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.