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| Common names:
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Stinging nettle (English)
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| Description:
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Dioecious coarse, hispid perennial herb, up to 1.5 m tall. Stems creeping and rooting at the nodes, from which erect stems arise. Leaves 4-8 cm, ovate, dentate, base usually cordate; the lower longer than their petioles. Inflorescence up to c. 10 cm, the lateral branches usually suppressed. |
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| Derivation of specific name:
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dioica: with sexes on separate plants, dioecious |
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| Worldwide distribution:
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In temperate regions of the world |
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| Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature:
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Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F. (1952). Flora of the British Isles. 1st edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Page 713.
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