PLANTS Profile for Urtica urens (dwarf nettle)

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PLANTS Profile

Urtica urens L.
dwarf nettle

Symbol:

URUR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Urticaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		W

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CA, Pala. Usage Requirements.

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Urtica urens L.

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Distribution:
Urtica urens L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Urtica urens L.

View 19 genera in Urticaceae, 5 species in Urtica

Classification:
Urtica urens L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Urticales
Family	Urticaceae – Nettle family
Genus	Urtica L. – nettle
Species	Urtica urens L. – dwarf nettle

Introduced Information:
Urtica urens L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Urtica urens L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19158.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Urtica urens L.

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Weed Science Society of America

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 10:23 PM MDT