Weed
marsh hedgenettle
NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).
Irregularly obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Dark brown
Very rough with occasional longitudinal ridges
Scar is at basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
end. Flat surfaces are irregular.
This is a highly irregular nutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints). in both size and shape. The scar is almost obscure at the base.
State Noxious Weed: Maine
Not included
Lamiaceae
Stachys palustris L.
Stachys palustris L. var. elliptica Clos
Stachys palustris L. var. petiolata Clos
Stachys palustris L. var. segetum (Mutel) Grogn.
