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Urtica ferox G.Forst.

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Urtica ferox G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 66 (1786)
Urtica ferox G.Forst.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
66
ICN
Urtica ferox G.Forst.
species
Urtica ferox

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ferox

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Urtica ferox G.Forst.

Dioec. branching shrub up to 2 m. or more tall, with base up to 12 cm. diam.; stinging hairs stalked, cop.; young branchlets, petioles and infl.-axes pilose-pubescent. Lvs rather pale green, 8-12 × 3-5 cm., on petioles up to 5 cm. long (lvs of juveniles sts up to 15 cm. long; of exposed plants sts reduced to 5 cm. or less long), glabrate above, ± scurfy pubescent below; lamina ovate-triangular, acuminate, coarsely sharply dentate-serrate; subcordate to truncate at base; teeth up to 1 cm. long, bristle-tipped, sinus acute to obtuse. Spikes branched, up to 8 cm. long; per.-segs pubescent. Achenes 1-1·5 mm. long, brown.

Urtica ferox G.Forst.

Woody, dioecious shrub, with numerous long-stalked stinging hairs, otherwise moderately to densely hairy. Lvs triangular to ovate-triangular, acute to acuminate, cordate to truncate at base, coarsely dentate, (4)-7-12-(18) cm long. Stipules 2 per node, entire.

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Urtica ferox G.Forst.
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Urtica ferox G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Urtica ferox G.Forst.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Urtica ferox G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Urtica ferox G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Urtica ferox G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Urtica ferox G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Urtica ferox G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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87fa824e-6904-4f50-99e1-934650dbfba6
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 July 2007
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