Urtica dioica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Urtica
Species: Urtica dioica
Scientific Name: Urtica dioica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle, nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, it is now found worldwide.

The species is divided into six subspecies, five of which have many hollow stinging hairs called trichomes on the leaves and stems, which act like hypodermic needles, injecting histamine and other chemicals that produce a stinging sensation upon contact ("contact urticaria", a form of contact dermatitis).

The plant has a long history of use as a source for traditional medicine, food, tea, and textile raw material in ancient (such as Saxon) and modern societies.

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Urtica dioica in languages:

Afrikaans: brandnekel
Afrikaans: branneukel
Afrikaans: gewone brandnetel
Afrikaans: Brandnetel
Arabic: قراص كبير
Basque: Asun
Belarusian: Крапіва двухдомная
Bokmål: Stornesle
Bulgarian: Обикновена коприва
Catalan: ortiga
Chinese: 異株蕁麻
Croatian: Kopriva
Croatian: Obična kopriva
Croatian: Velika kopriva
Croatian: Dvodomna kopriva
Czech: kopřiva dvoudomá
Czech: Kopřiva
Danish: Nælde
Danish: Stor nælde
Danish: brændenælde
Dutch: Grote brandnetel
English: European stinging nettle
English: Swedish hemp
English: common nettle
English: common stinging nettle
English: great nettle
English: great stinging nettle
English: large stinging nettle
English: perennial nettle
English: perennial stinging nettle
English: tall nettle
English: big-sting nettle
Esperanto: urtiko
Estonian: nõges
Estonian: kõrvenõges
Finnish: isonokkonen
Finnish: nokkonen
Finnish: Nokkoset
French: Ortie dioïque
French: Grande ortie
Galician: Estruga maior
German: Große Brennessel
German: Große Brennnessel
Hebrew: סרפד
Hungarian: Nagy csalán
Italian: ortica
Japanese: セイヨウイラクサ
Latvian: Lielā nātre
Lithuanian: Didžioji dilgėlė
Modern Greek: Τσουκνίδα
Polish: Pokrzywa zwyczajna
Portuguese: urtiga-comum
Portuguese: Urtigão
Romanian: Urzică
Russian: Крапива двудомная
Slovak: pŕhľava dvojdomá
Slovene: Velika kopriva
Swedish: brännässla
Turkish: Isırgan
Ukrainian: Кропива дводомна

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Urtica dioica: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica in languages:

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Urtica dioica: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica in languages:

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