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DESCRIPTION:
Burning nettle is a winter annual broadleaf in interior valleys but grows throughout
the year on the California coast. It has rounded and smooth-margined cotyledons (seed leaves) with a small notch at the tip. The first true leaves are opposite, stalked and
distinctly toothed. Mature plants are 5 to 24 inches (12.5 - 60 cm) tall,
with stems branching from the base. Small greenish white flowers are
clustered in the junction between the stem and upper leaf base. Both leaves and square stems have stinging
hairs. It is especially troublesome in coastal counties of California where
it grows all year. A related species, U. dioica, stinging nettle, is
taller and has less round leaves.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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