. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. URTICAGEAE {NETTLE FAMILY) 89 Means of suppression the same as for the Slender Nettle. Both this plant and the Slender Nettle yield a fiber said to be stronger and finer than that of flax, but no economic use has ever been made of them. WESTERN NETTLE Urtlca holosericea, Nutt. Native. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: August to September. Seed-time: September to October. Range: From Utah
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. URTICAGEAE {NETTLE FAMILY) 89 Means of suppression the same as for the Slender Nettle. Both this plant and the Slender Nettle yield a fiber said to be stronger and finer than that of flax, but no economic use has ever been made of them. WESTERN NETTLE Urtlca holosericea, Nutt. Native. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: August to September. Seed-time: September to October. Range: From Utah and the Wasatch Mountains westward through- out California. , Habitat: Waste places, borders of streams. A larger and stouter plant than either of the common Eastern Nettles, and possessed of vicious stings. Stem erect, unbranched, bristly hairy, frequently attaining to ten feet in height though more commonly four to seven feet tall. Leaves three to six inches long, ovate to lance-shape but obtuse at base, with short, stout petioles and oblong stipules; they are rather thick, hairy on both sides, but especially so on the lower surface. The staminate flowers are in loose, slenderly branching, axillary panicles nearly as long as the leaves; pistillate panicles much shorter and more crowded, the per- sistent membranaceous calyx-lobe enfolding the achenes. (Fig. 50.) Means of control Cultivation of the ground for the purpose of destroying the per- ennial roots; or, small areas may. Fig. 50. — Western holosericea) Nettle (Urtica. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Georgia, Ada Eljiva, 1859-1921. New York : Macmillan
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