Urtica urens

Common Name:

Tall Nettle

Family:

Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):

All regions except Gippsland Highlands, Snowfields (ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWZ) naturalised all States except NT
Map - Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):

Range of habitats ¹

Flower Description:

White

Habit:

Annual herb to 90 cm ¹

Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):

This is a stinging plant. Leaves are hairfree between the stinging hairs and leaves are to 5 cm long with deeply toothed margins. The larger perianth lobes of the female flowers have fringed hairs ¹

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Atlas of Living Australia MELU

Links to description of this species:

NSW Flora VicFlora

Conservation status:

Introduced

References:

¹ Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria