Botanical name: Elatostema cuspidatum    Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Synonyms: Elatostema sessile var. cuspidatum, Elatostema affine

Stalkless Elatostema is a perennial herb, 25-90 cm tall. Stems rising up or erect, simple or rarely branched. Leaves are alternate; stipules linear or linear-lanceshaped, 5-10 x 2-3 mm. Leaf-stalk 0-3 mm; leaf blade obliquely elliptic or oblong, 2-13.5 x 1-5 cm, margin toothed, tip cuspidate. Male inflorescences are solitary, simple, 6-12 mm in diameter; flower-cluster-stalk 1.5-4 mm; receptacle oblong, 6-11 × 5-7 mm. Female inflorescences are solitary, 3-15 mm in diameter; flower-cluster-stalk 0.5-1 mm; receptacle 2-13 mm in diameter. Male flowers are 4-merous. Stalkless Elatostema is found in the Himalayas as well as the Western Ghats, at altitudes of 900-2800 m. Flowering: May-October.

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