Loasaceae
Desert stingbush
Eucnide urens
- Family
- Loasaceae
- Genus
- Eucnide
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Desert stingbush
Synonyms
- Eucnide parryi House
- Eucnide synandra A.Nelson
- Mentzelia synandra A.Nelson
- Mentzelia urens Parry ex A.Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 256 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mel letterman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jim Kingdon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ethan Rose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: glittergravel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Zupan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: joergmlpts, 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, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.