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Stinging Nettle from Nettle Family

Botanical Name

Urtica dioica

Soil

Hedgebanks, woods, grassland, fens and near buildings ( especially where the ground is covered with litter or rubble) throughout the British Isles

Sun Aspect

Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Dry

Plant Type

A tenacious weed with coarse stinging hairs as an unbranched perennial. Roots much-branched, very tough and yellow. Stems creeping and rooting at the nodes, giving rise to erect shoots in spring.

Height x Spread in feet

5 x 3

Foliage

2-3 inch long dark green acuminate, dentate leaves

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed

Tiny Greenish, rarely Purple, flowers with male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers in June-August

Comment

The young shoots are eaten like spinach.

Available as seed from John Chambers' Wild Flower Seeds