OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-01-001:

Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Canada Wood-nettle


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-01-001:
Laportea canadensis   FAMILY Urticaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

796

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests, seepage swamps, especially abundant in cove forests in the Mountains and bottomlands in the Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes present

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
Staminate flowers=Radially symmetrical; Pistillate=Bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals in staminate flowers, 4 sepals in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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