Family: Urticaceae
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Rosales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Urticaceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Small trees, shrubs, herbs, or lianas; one genus of epiphytes.
Leaves: Leaves simple, alternate, sometimes with one small leaf opposite the normal one, the lamina entire or weakly lobed, 3-veined from the base, the margins usually serrate.
Stipules: Stipules small.
Reproductive Morphology
Fruit: Fruit an achene or a drupe.
Infructescence: Infructescence axillary.
Other
Ecology: Majority of common species of disturbed areas, needing full sunlight.
Notes: Plants often with urticating hairs.