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Southern Nettle
Urtica australis
Urtica australis, commonly known as southern nettle and onga, is a species of nettle endemic to New Zealand's southern and subantarctic islands. A member of the Urticaceae, this species is found near the coast, and can be present on rocky beaches and sand dunes. It grows in a dense, bushy manner. It was first described by the British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1844. Its specific epithet, australis, means 'southern'.
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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 406766.