| Accepted name: |
Urtica dioica L. ssp. gracilis (Aiton) Selander |
| Synonym(s): |
-Urtica procera Muhlenb. ex Willd.
-Urtica gracilis Aiton
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| English names: |
American Stinging Nettle
Stinging Nettle
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| French names: |
Ortie dioïque d'Europe
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Urticales
Family: Urticaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HURTDIG
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In Central Europe sometimes cultivated as a medicinal plant and fibre crop since the middle of the 19th cent.Traditionally and officinally used as urologic, tonic, vitamin source and hair restorer (leaves, seeds, roots); also serves for extraction of chlorophyll, used as a colouring agent (E 140) in foods and medicines. Used as a rennet in preparing cheeses, for making beer and as a fodder plant, especially for poultry(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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