Annual Stinging Nettle

Hesperocnide tenella

Family: Urticaceae (NETTLE).
Other common names: western nettle, western stingingnettle.
Generic common name: WESTERN NETTLE, STINGINGNETTLE.

Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.