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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Urticaceae
Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd.
Canadian wood-nettle
Laportea: for Francois L. de Laporte, Count of Castelnau, Entomologist of the 19th century
canadensis: of or referring to Canada
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native - potentially invasive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb with stinging hairs |
| Flower: | green to white, 1/8" wide; 5-parted female flowers in loose, long clusters (cymes) from the upper leaf axils and 4 -parted male flowers in smaller clusters (cymes) from the lower leaf axils; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | oblique, dry seed |
| Leaf: | widely-oval, alternate, coarsely-toothed, hairy, long-stalked |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture; woods, forests; in rich soil |
| (Glossary) |
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