Distribution. Florida: native; nearly throughout the state. General: along the Coastal Plain from southeast Virginia to south Florida, west to Mississippi and east Louisiana.
Habitat. Dry, often sandy areas such as sandhills, dry woods, beaches, scrub, and disturbed areas (such as roadsides, fields, and lawns).
Similar Species
None, although species of Urtica (true stinging nettles) also have stinging hairs (see Comments below).
Field Recognition Features. Erect plants covered with stiff stinging hairs; palmately 3– to 5–lobed leaves, conspicuous tubular-based white flowers in a cluster terminating the stem; 3-parted bristly capsule with 3 mottled seeds. Blooming all year in Florida.
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