Family: Urticaceae
Urtica urens
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Stinging nettle, small (or dwarf) nettle, lesser stinging nettle.
Description:
Erect annual usually less than 70 cm high; leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, deeply toothed, 2.5-5 cm long, the veins sparsely hairy beneath.
Flowers monoecious, mixed in the same clusters, in short axillary racemes; outer divisions of the female perianth each with 1 long dorsal stinging hair.
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Image source: fig. 65 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 65 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 211.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE. native to North Africa and Eurasia; commonly naturalised especially in disturbed areas in all States.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: June — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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