Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Urticaceae
Urticaceae
Description:
Species Description - Annual or biennial, slender, glabrous. Stems erect or ascending, or sometimes creeping at the base, 5-30 cm. long, fleshy, simple or mostly branched; leaves elliptic or oblanceolate, 410 mm. long, acute or acutish at the apex, entire, acuminate at the base, transversely wrinkled; petioles filiform, shorter than the blades; flower-clusters very small, shorter than the petioles; sepals ovate, very thin, acutish; achenes oblong, lenticular.
Species Description - Annual or biennial, slender, glabrous. Stems erect or ascending, or sometimes creeping at the base, 5-30 cm. long, fleshy, simple or mostly branched; leaves elliptic or oblanceolate, 410 mm. long, acute or acutish at the apex, entire, acuminate at the base, transversely wrinkled; petioles filiform, shorter than the blades; flower-clusters very small, shorter than the petioles; sepals ovate, very thin, acutish; achenes oblong, lenticular.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| Central Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|
New Providence Bahamas South America| Central Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|