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Internal ID UUID64404f644c476728900168
Scientific name Urtica gracilis
Authority Aiton
First published in Hort. Kew. 3: 341 (1789)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Urtica cardiophylla Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 191 (1897)
Urtica strigosissima Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 305 (1912)
Urtica californica Greene Pittonia 1: 281 (1889)
Urtica lyallii S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 348 (1875)
Urtica dioica var. lyallii (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 2: 91 (1964)
Urtica dioica var. gracilis (Aiton) Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde Canad. J. Bot. 56: 190 (1978)
Urtica dioica var. californica (Greene) C.L.Hitchc. Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 2: 91 (1964)
Urtica dioica var. procera (Willd.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 78 (1856)
Urtica procera Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 353 (1805)
Urtica viridis Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 305 (1912)
Urtica lyallii var. californica (Greene) Jeps. Fl. W. Calif. : 147 (1901)
Urtica gracilis var. latifolia Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 57 (1930)
Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis (Aiton) Selander Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 41: 271. 1947 as dioeca

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English california nettle

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Urtica gracilis subsp. aquatica (Liebm.) Weigend Phytotaxa 162: 74 (2014)
Urtica gracilis subsp. incaica Weigend Phytotaxa 162: 76 (2014)
Urtica gracilis subsp. mollis (Steud.) Weigend Phytotaxa 162: 78 (2014)
Urtica gracilis subsp. gracilis
Urtica gracilis subsp. holosericea (Nutt.) W.A.Weber Phytologia 58(6): 384. 1985

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Labrador
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      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Delaware
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
      • Northwest Territorie
      • Yukon
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Guatemala
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Chile South
    • Western South America
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001143258
Flora of Alabama 3655
Canadensys 21468
Tropicos 33400025
INPN 128273
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:262034-2
PFAF Urtica gracilis
Open Tree Of Life 5336142
NCBI Taxonomy 1435576
IPNI 262034-2
iNaturalist 141854
GBIF 6414539
USDA GRIN 40945
UNII BSZ3UO4LV7
Canadensys 9439
USDA Plants URDIG
Tropicos 33400022
INPN 762183
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:262031-2
The Plant List tro-33400022
IPNI 260634-2
iNaturalist 53330
GBIF 5670502
Freebase /m/0wxtsb6
WisFlora 6922
EPPO URTLY
Calflora (Californian flora) 8186
USDA GRIN 101582
Wikipedia Urtica_gracilis
Wikipedia Urtica_gracilis

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