Urtica dioica L.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Plants of USSR: Kazakh SSR
Urtlcaceae
Urtica dioica L.
TSELINOGRAD OBLAST: Yermentau district: ca. 10 km NE of village
Yermentau in 'rnelkosopochnik» terrain (low rounded hiilocks
characteristic of region); natural Alnus/Betula/Populus forest In
protected valleys, and rolling steppes; chestnut soils, 580-590 m.
Large herb to 1.2 m; stinging to touch, growing near small stream.
Thomas S, Elias 9540	14 July 1985
David Murray and Lydia Newcombe
Ninth field expedition to the U.S.S.R. under USA/USSR Cooperation
Agreement in the Protection of the Environment, Area V activity A -
Threatened or Endangered Species of Plants and Introduction of
Exotic Species.
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