Urtica dioica Linnaeus 1753 (Family Urticaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Female Flowers
Fruit |
Male Flowers |
Height: 40-150cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial Rhizomatous
Dioecious, Flowering June - October
(Earliest: 12.5)
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Habitat: |
Meadows |
Hedge Rows |
Around Buildings |
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Pollination: |
Wind |
Tenthredopsis coquebertii |
Coenonympha pamphilus |
Nemophora degeerella |
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Bicellaria subpilosa |
Eristalis similis |
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Seed Dispersal: |
Wind |
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Parasites: |
Septoria urticae |
Agapanthia villosoviridescens Larva (Stem Borer) |
Dasineura urticae Larva (Leaf Gall) |
Herbivores: |
Columba palumbus |
Several Nymphalidae |
Several Arctiidae |
Several Noctuidae |
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Eurrhypara hortulata |
Pleuroptya ruralis Larva |
Anthophila fabriciana Larva |
Nedyus quadrimaculatus |
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Phyllobius pomaceus |
Neocrepidodera ferruginea |
Helicidae |
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Sapivores: |
Palomena prasina |
Many Miridae |
Cercopis vulnerata |
Eupteryx aurata |
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Eupteryx urticae |
Aphis urticata |
Uroleucon jaceae |
Aleyrodes lonicerae |
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Florivores: |
Brachypterus urticae |
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Granivores: |
Prunella modularis |
Passeridae |
Carduelis carduelis |
Carduelis flammea |
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Several Miridae |
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Nests: |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Several Sylviidae |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Stinging Nettle
Pictures © 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 J.K. Lindsey
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