nettles
Urtica
Urtica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. Many species have stinging hairs and may be called nettles or stinging nettles, although the latter name applies particularly to Urtica dioica.
45 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Urtica dioica
complexUrtica dioica
Dwarf Nettle
speciesUrtica urens
Mediterranean Nettle
speciesUrtica membranacea
Japanese Nettle
speciesUrtica thunbergiana
heartleaf nettle
speciesUrtica chamaedryoides
siberian hemp-nettle
speciesUrtica cannabina
Tree Nettle
speciesUrtica ferox
Roman Nettle
speciesUrtica pilulifera
Urtica morifolia
speciesUrtica morifolia
Urtica flabellata
speciesUrtica flabellata
Urtica echinata
speciesUrtica echinata
Urtica leptophylla
speciesUrtica leptophylla
Urtica fissa
speciesUrtica fissa
Mountain Nettle
speciesUrtica gracilenta
Urtica laetevirens
speciesUrtica laetevirens
Himalayan Nettle
speciesUrtica ardens
Urtica hyperborea
speciesUrtica hyperborea
Urtica circularis
speciesUrtica circularis
Urtica magellanica
speciesUrtica magellanica
Urtica stachyoides
speciesUrtica stachyoides
Lobe Nettle
speciesUrtica lobulata
Urtica mairei
speciesUrtica mairei
Urtica triangularis
speciesUrtica triangularis
Urtica mexicana
speciesUrtica mexicana
Urtica longispica
speciesUrtica longispica
Urtica spatulata
speciesUrtica spatulata
Smooth-Leaf Himalayan Nettle
speciesUrtica parviflora
Urtica rupestris
speciesUrtica rupestris
Urtica urentivelutina
speciesUrtica urentivelutina
Urtica lalibertadensis
speciesUrtica lalibertadensis
Urtica praetermissa
speciesUrtica praetermissa
Urtica subincisa
speciesUrtica subincisa
Urtica berteroana
speciesUrtica berteroana
Urtica spirealis
speciesUrtica spirealis
Urtica trichantha
speciesUrtica trichantha
Urtica helanshanica
speciesUrtica helanshanica
Urtica glomeruliflora
speciesUrtica glomeruliflora
Urtica malipoensis
speciesUrtica malipoensis
Urtica macbridei
speciesUrtica macbridei
Urtica ballotifolia
speciesUrtica ballotifolia
Urtica portosanctana
speciesUrtica portosanctana
Urtica masafuerae
speciesUrtica masafuerae
Urtica spiralis
speciesUrtica spiralis
Urtica lilloi
speciesUrtica lilloi
Urtica peruviana
speciesUrtica peruviana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1623 · p.195
Latin Herbal
1491 · p.7
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.164
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.95
Herbarius
1485 · p.308
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.307
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.307
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.329
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.305
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.308
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.482
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.484
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51886.