Citation: Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 4:224 (1816).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Native nettle, scrub nettle, stinging nettle.

Description:
Coarse ascending perennial often c. 1 m high; leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, sometimes cordate at the base, deeply toothed, 2.5-10 cm long, the veins glabrous beneath.

Flowers usually dioecious and where monoecious the male and female flowers in separate clusters and not mixed; outer perianth of the female often with 1 long dorsal stinging hair.

Image source: fig. 64 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 210.

Distribution:  Native to Australia. S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — June.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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