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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 983. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Type: Type: Herb. Linn. 1111/1 (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: Europe, Egypt, Turkey, Russia (Crimea, Caucasus), Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan (N.W.F.P. & Punjab) and N.W.India.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The Roman nettle, a native of Europe, grows as weed in crops and gardens.
Illustration: Urtica pilulifera L. (Illustration)
Map Location: C-6 Khyber Agency: Khyber pass, N.Ali s.n. (RAW); Ali Masjid (Khyber pass), Hassanuddin 2662 (RAW); C-7 Rawalpindi, Islamia School Garden, April 1955 Sadiq Masih s.n. (RAW); Jhelum Dist.: Nowshera, c. 1500 ft., A weed of cultivation, M.A. Siddiqui 4373 (RAW); Campbellpur Dist.: Attock, E.Nasir 19317 (RAW).

 

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Monoecious annual or biennial, 20-100 cm tall herb, with sparse stinging hairs. Stem quadrangular. Leaves with 2-10 cm long petiole; lamina ovate to broadly ovate, 2-10 cm long, 2-8cm broad, truncate or subcordate-cordate at the base, margin shallow to deeply Serrate, apex acuminate; stipules free lateral, triangular-ovate to lanceolate, 3-6 mm long, membranous. Racemes bisexual, male flowers spiked, female flowers in terminal globose long peduncled head, c. 1 cm in diameter. Achenes broadly ovate, c. 2.5 mm long, c. 2 mm broad, dark brown, enclosed by enlarged dorsal sepals.
 
 
 
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