Urtica lalibertadensis

(Urtica lalibertadensis)

Description

Urtica lalibertadensis is a species of the genus Urtica. It differs from U. leptostachya in its subscandent habit and the deflexed stinging hairs on the glabrous stem, and by the presence of numerous stinging hairs on the perigon of the female flowers (and fruits) and individual stinging hairs on the perigon of the male flower. It is a very abundant species in Peru.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Rosales
Family:Urticaceae
Genus:Urtica
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