"Mala mujer" (Cnidoscolus) in tropical montane moist forest

Photographer

Iltis, Hugh H.

Date

• August 14, 1991

Summary

• "Mala mujer," (Cnidoscolus sp., Urticaceae) in tropical montane moist forest above Gómez Farias on road to Rancho del Cielo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Ca. 800 m altitude. [Sexist though it be, the common names derives from the nasty, stinging hairs on the leaves and stems of members of this genus, like nettles on steroids - Alverson 6/2013.]