Urtica ardens Link

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Subfamily : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Laportea ardens (Link) Blume ex J.J.Sm.; Urtica parviflora Roxb.; Urtica virulenta Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Urtica ardens Link
  • Common name : Himalayan Nettle
  • Vernacular name :
    • Lenghui (Tangkhul)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest, open or partly shady moist places in forests, thickets, along streams; 1800 - 2700 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, surface wrinkled when dried, margin sharply doubly serrulate; stem densely pubescent with many stinging hairs
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : TWG, Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to South-East Tibet and Assam
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 219
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 108-110
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 424
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Urtica ardens. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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