''Hesperocnide'' is a small genus of nettles containing two species. These are annual herbs covered in stinging hairs and toothed leaves. *'' Hesperocnide sandwicensis'' , the Hawaii nettle, is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

. *'' Hesperocnide tenella'' , the western nettle, is native to

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

and

Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

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Jepson Manual Treatment
Urticaceae Urticaceae genera Taxa described in 1857 Taxa named by John Torrey {{urticaceae-stub