familyUrticaceae
genusUrtica
speciesUrtica dioica
subspeciesUrtica dioica subsp. gracilis

Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis

(Aiton) Selander

Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 41: 271. 1947.

David E. Boufford
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Urtica gracilis Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 341. 1789
Synonyms: Urtica californica Greene Urtica dioica var. angustifolia Schlechtendal Urtica dioica var. californica (Greene) C. L. Hitchcock Urtica dioica var. gracilis (Aiton) R. L. Taylor & MacBryde Urtica dioica var. lyallii (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock Urtica dioica var. procera (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Weddell Urtica lyallii Urtica lyallii var. californica (Greene) Jepson Urtica procera Urtica viridis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems glabrous or strigose, with a few stinging hairs. Leaf blades abaxially bearing stinging hairs, otherwise glabrous or puberulent, adaxially without or rarely with a few stinging hairs. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate mostly on same plant. 2n = 26, 52.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Alluvial woods, margins of deciduous woodlands, fencerows, waste places
Elevation: 0-3100 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Native Americans used Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis medicinally for rheumatism, upset stomach,childbirth, paralysis, fevers, colds, tuberculosis, and as a general tonic, and as a witchcraft medicine (D. E. Moerman 1986).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
David E. Boufford +
Authority
(Aiton) Selander +
Basionyms
Urtica gracilis +
Distribution
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
Elevation
0-3100 m +
Habitat
Alluvial woods, margins of deciduous woodlands, fencerows, waste places +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Phenology
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Publication title
Svensk Bot. Tidskr. +
Publication year
1947 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
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Special status
W1 +, Endemic +  and Illustrated +
Synonyms
Urtica californica +, Urtica dioica var. angustifolia +, Urtica dioica var. californica +, Urtica dioica var. gracilis +, Urtica dioica var. lyallii +, Urtica dioica var. procera +, Urtica lyallii +, Urtica lyallii var. californica +, Urtica procera +  and Urtica viridis +
Taxon family
Urticaceae +
Taxon name
Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis +
Taxon parent
Urtica dioica +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Volume
Volume 3 +