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Urtica dioica
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Urtica dioica

19 branches of this group, most-observed first

great stinging nettle

speciesUrtica dioica

slender stinging nettle

speciesUrtica gracilis

Scrub Nettle

speciesUrtica incisa

Sykes's bush nettle

speciesUrtica sykesii

East-Asian Nettle

speciesUrtica angustifolia

swamp nettle

speciesUrtica perconfusa

Japanese Nettle

speciesUrtica platyphylla

Kievan nettle

speciesUrtica kioviensis

Southern Nettle

speciesUrtica australis

Urtica taiwaniana

speciesUrtica taiwaniana

Urtica atrovirens

speciesUrtica atrovirens

Urtica massaica

speciesUrtica massaica

Urtica simensis

speciesUrtica simensis

Urtica bianorii

speciesUrtica bianorii

Urtica aspera

speciesUrtica aspera

Urtica atrichocaulis

speciesUrtica atrichocaulis

Urtica dioica × kioviensis

hybridUrtica dioica × kioviensis

Urtica papuana

speciesUrtica papuana

Urtica cypria

speciesUrtica cypria

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Urtica dioica in Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.95

Urtica dioica in Living Images of Plants

Living Images of Plants

Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.158

Urtica dioica in Living Images of Plants

Living Images of Plants

Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.161

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1631210.