Nettles

 


 

..... obvious stinging hairs: ..... without stinging hairs: .....
  opposite-lvd alternate-lvd opposite-lvd alternate lvd
panicles, spikes or head-like clusters from the upper axils stinging nettle (1.Urtica) slender, drooping clusters (0 4 4 0/0 2+2 0 1) ..... ..... .....
staminate fls in cymes from the lower axils; pistillate in loose, elongate, spreading cymes from upper axils ..... wood nettle (2.Laportea) stining hairs on fl stalks slender, drooping clusters (0 5 5 0/0 4 0 1) ..... .....
fls in axillary spikes; in ball-like clusters in continuous or interrupted axillary clusters ..... ..... false nettle (3.Boehmeria) (0 4 4 0/0 2-4 0 1) .....
fls in axillary panicles or glomerules; like 2 catkins forming a U-shape in axils ..... ..... clearweed (4.Pilea) (0 4 4 0/0 3 0 1) ......
axillary clusters ..... ..... ..... pellitory (5.Parietaria) (0 4 4 0/0 4 0 1)