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Ayenia urticifolia
Ayenia urticifolia
- Botanic Family
- Malvaceae
- Author
- (K. Schumann) Christenhusz & Byng
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- NE. Argentina
- Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
Natural Habitats
- Forest
- woodland
- montane forest
- edge of woods & thickets
- creekside forest
- primary forest
- gallery forest
Flowering Times
- Aug (Argentina) Feb
- Jun
- Oct (Paraguay)
Fruiting Times
Shrub, herb, twining spiny scandent shrub or tree to 25m. Hairy leaves to 90mm x 55mm. 3-5 flowered umbels, purple or white flowers in up to 5-flowered umbels, calyx to 3.5mm with tube to 1mm long, petals to 5.5mm long with tube to 2mm. Hairy spiny capsule 10mm diameter.
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