Common name: Gympie Stinger
Dendrocnide moroides (Wedd.) Chew APNI* 
Description: Shrub to 4 m; stinging hairs cause a very intense persistent sting.
Leaves peltate; lamina broad-ovate, mostly 10–25 cm long, 8–20 cm wide, apex acuminate, base truncate to cordate, margins regularly toothed, both surfaces densely hairy with stinging hairs; petiole mostly 10–20 cm long.
Inflorescences with male and female flowers; panicle to 15 cm long.
Achene c. 2 mm long, warty, partly covered by hairy perianth segments and borne on swollen pedicel that bears stinging hairs, purplish.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Rare in N.S.W., in rainforest north of the Clarence R.; more common in Qld.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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