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Urtica urens L.
Family Urticaceae
Common name: Small Nettle

Urtica urens L. APNI*

Description: Annual herb to 60 cm high with stems and leaves ± glabrous between the stinging hairs; monoecious.

Leaves with lamina ovate to elliptic, mostly 1–5 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, upper surface dark green, lower surface paler green; petiole 0.5–3 cm long, usually more than half as long as the lamina.

Inflorescence axillary, branched, usually shorter than the petiole, male and female flowers mixed in the inflorescence.


Flowering: most of the year.

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread weed, not as common as as U. incisa. Native of Europe.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP, *SFWP, ?LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A. *N.T.
AVH map***

Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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