How to identify Pouzolzia auriculata
Identify Pouzolzia auriculata by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Ear-shaped leaf base.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- Confirm it sits within the Urticaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pouzolzia auriculata.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pouzolzia auriculata
- Genus
- Pouzolzia
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pouzolzia auriculata itself; the rest are typical of the Urticaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Urticaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Pouzolzia auriculata
Pouzolzia auriculata is a herb in the Urticaceae family. It grows in moist deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Urticaceae
Nettle family
Pouzolzia auriculata belongs to the Urticaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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