Scientific Name: Urtica incisa

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  • Common Name:
    Native stinging nettle
Cultural Notes

Caution STINGS

Comments

The family name comes from the genus Urtica (nettles).||Widespread in rainforest or a weed of pasture in damp areas. Little or no significance as a poisonous plant (stanley & ross)

Identification Notes

Scattered stinging hairs, stem otherwise smooth.||Leaf: margins coarsely serrated. Petioles 0.6-5.5 cm.