Digital Herbaria

Specimen & Label Data

Urtica urens

Dog Nettle, ORTIGA

Urticaceae

Location: 3 km E of IH-37 at mile 116 exit. Near village of Coughran, opposite Hayden Farm, Atascosa County.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Deep sand, nominal moisture. Semi-shade.

Description: Erect annual, 30 cm tall. Plants beset with stinging bristles., Petioles nearly as long as leaf. Leaves ovate, 4 x 6 cm, thin, margins deeply incised. Cystoliths small, round, dark.

County: Atascosa
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 9, 1995
Specimen number: 742

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1131
Accession Date: Feb 28, 1998
Accession Number: 104

Annotations: SCXRA (In flower)