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OverviewAI-generated
Urtica urens, commonly known as Small Nettle or burning nettle, is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It belongs to the genus Urtica and is classified within the order Rosales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species produces fruit in the form of a capsule.
Its taxonomic range includes Xinjiang and the Tibet Autonomous Region. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2012, while a regional conservation status lists it as Near Threatened. Occurrence records have been documented in Poland, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, and Mexico.
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Species
Least ConcernUrtica urens
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyUrticaceae
Common Name: burning nettle
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,618
- With media
- 2,296
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, SBBG, CMN, CHAS, INECOL, UTEP
- Recorded in
- Poland, United States, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Czech Republic
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
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- Urtica urens
- taxon common name
- mala kopriva
- has fruit type
- capsule
- short name
- U. urens
- taxon range
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- regional conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Encyclopedic overview
Urtica urens, commonly known as annual nettle, dwarf nettle, small nettle, dog nettle, burning nettle, or bush nettle is a herbaceous annual flowering plant species in the nettle family Urticaceae. It is native to Eurasia, including the Himalayan regions of Kalimpong, Darjeeling and Sikkim in India and can be found in North America, New Zealand and South Africa as an introduced species. It is reputed to sting more strongly than Urtica dioica (common nettle).
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Urtica urens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.