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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.
Urtica dioica subsp. galeopsifolia, the fen nettle or stingless nettle, is a herbaceous perennial plant found in Europe. It is considered to be either a subspecies of stinging nettle ( Urtica dioica ), or a species in its own right: Urtica galeopsifolia .
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 insects.
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After feeling the effects of trying to handle stinging nettle, Campbell Vaughn learns about its potential health benefits. Campbell Vaughn: The stinging nettle weed is well named, but also has ...
Darna pallivitta, the nettle caterpillar or stinging nettle caterpillar, [1] is a moth of the genus Darna and family Limacodidae. It is native to China, Taiwan, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Borneo. It was introduced to Hawaii in 2001. [1]
Urticating hairs of a stinging nettle. The most common form of urticating hairs in plants are typified by nettles, which possess sharp-pointed hollow bristles seated on a gland that secretes an acrid fluid. The points of these bristles usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
Urtica incisa, commonly called scrub nettle, stinging nettle, and tall nettle, [1] is an upright perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of eastern and southern Australia, from the north–east southwards through the east, of Queensland and New South Wales, then across the south, through Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and parts of southern Western Australia.