Loasaceae
Rock nettle
Eucnide rupestris
- Family
- Loasaceae
- Genus
- Eucnide
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rock nettle
Synonyms
- Loasella rupestris Baill.
- Sympetaleia rupestris (Baill.) A.Gray ex S.Watson
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March, December (from 40 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: stevemerkley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jose Luis Leon de la Luz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.