Weed details for stinging nettle

Full name

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)

Characteristics

Flowers: Green flowers
Leaves: Linear leaves with serrated edges
Habitat: Found in wooded, shady, moist areas throughout the U.S.
Life cycle: Perennial
Other common names: tall nettle; California nettle; slender nettle
stinging nettle
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Taxonomic data retrieved May 21, 2008, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.