Kiev nettle ( lat. Urtica kioviensis ) - a species of herbaceous plants of the genus Nettle ( Urtica ) of the Nettle family ( Urticaceae ).
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Botanical Description
A perennial herbaceous plant 80-120 cm high. Lying stems , numerous, with burning hairs .
The leaves are opposite, whole, oblong-ovate, with sparse burning hairs. Stipules broadly triangular, up to 0.8 cm wide [3] [4] .
Inflorescence is a panicle ; the lower part of the inflorescence carries only male flowers , and the upper - only female flowers . It blooms in June - July, and bears fruit in August - September.
Anemophil . The fruit is an elongated ovoid nut . Reproduction is mainly vegetative [3] [4] .
Ecology and distribution
It lives in moist swampy ash and alder forests, along the shores of lakes [3] .
It is found in Russia in the Voronezh , Lipetsk and Belgorod regions . Outside Russia, lives in Western and Eastern Europe ; isolated populations are in Palestine [4]
Guard Status
It is listed in the Red Books of the Voronezh and Lipetsk regions [5] . Protected abroad in Belarus , Hungary and the Czech Republic [6] .
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ see TPL taxon card
- ↑ 1 2 3 Description of the species on the official website of the Red Book of Belarus .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Description of the species in the Red Book of the Voronezh Region . Protected areas of Russia.
- ↑ Kiev nettle . Protected areas of Russia.
- ↑ Kiev nettle . IUCN Red Book.
Links
- Stinging nettle Kiev : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (identifier of plants and illustrated atlas of species)