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Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, [2] it is now found worldwide.
Solanum carolinense, the Carolina horsenettle, [2] is not a true nettle, but a member of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to the southeastern United States, though its range has expanded throughout much of temperate North America. [3] The plant is an invasive in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and ...
Plants called "nettle" include: ball nettle – Solanum carolinense; bull nettle Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle; Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle; Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium, bull nettle, silver-leaf nettle, white horse-nettle; dead nettle, dumb nettle Lamium, particularly Lamium album
The Urticaceae / ɜːr t ɪ ˈ k eɪ s iː / are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants.The family name comes from the genus Urtica.The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus Urtica, ramie (Boehmeria nivea), māmaki (Pipturus albidus), and ajlai (Debregeasia saeneb).
The “sting” of stinging nettle comes from minuscule, needle-like hairs on the leaves of this tough perennial plant. The hairs penetrate the skin as soon as you brush against it.
Cnidoscolus stimulosus, the bull nettle, [1] spurge nettle, stinging nettle, tread-softly or finger rot, is a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs, native to southeastern North America. A member of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), it is not a true nettle .
Texas bullnettle (Cnidoscolus texanus), Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado Co., TX, USA; 15 May 2013It is a perennial plant with erect or sprawling branching stems growing from thick root stock, up to 40 inches long and 8 inches thick.
Urtica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. Many species have stinging hairs and may be called nettles or stinging nettles (the latter name applying particularly to U. dioica). The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'. Due to the stinging hairs, Urtica are rarely eaten by herbivores, but provide shelter for ...
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