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  2. List of plants known as nettle - Wikipedia

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    Nettle refers to plants with stinging hairs, particularly those of the genus Urtica. It can also refer to plants which resemble Urtica species in appearance but do not have stinging hairs. Plants called "nettle" include:

  3. Urtica dioica - Wikipedia

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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

  4. Urtica - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Urticaceae - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Native Plants 101: Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Impacts of Non-Native and Invasive Plants. To those not aware, non-native plants, and invasives (which is what non-natives are called after they rapidly grow and spread over large areas) look ...

  7. Stinging plant - Wikipedia

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    There are also plants with stinging hairs that are unrelated to the Urticaceae: [11] Cnidoscolus urens, one of a number of species called "bull nettle" or "mala mujer" Boraginaceae: Hydrophylloideae. Phacelia malvifolia (stinging phacelia) [12] Wigandia spp. [13] Euphorbiaceae. Cnidoscolus spp. Cnidoscolus stimulosus (bull nettle or spurge nettle)

  8. Ask the Master Gardener: What's the difference between native ...

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    Some native plants are nice, but I really like some of the non-native flowers. Although it may seem that all plants are pretty much the same regardless of origin, native pollinators and other ...

  9. Urtica gracilis - Wikipedia

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    Urtica gracilis, commonly known as the slender nettle, tall nettle, or American stinging nettle, is a perennial plant without woody stems that is well known for the unpleasant stinging hairs on its leaves and stems. [2] It is native to much of North America from Guatemala northwards and temperate areas of South America. [1]