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Stinging Pavonia

Pavonia urens Cav.

Description

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Large shrub-sized herb, up to 3 m. All parts covered in soft and prickly hairs, which may cause itching when touched. Leaves large, variably 3-5 lobed. Flowers pale pink to deep mauve-red in small clusters in the upper leaf axils.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pavonia urens Cav. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=139240
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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