Plants › Nettle Family
great stinging nettle
Urtica dioica
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Dwarf NettleUrtica urens
slender stinging nettleUrtica gracilis
Mediterranean NettleUrtica membranacea
White deadnettleLamium album
East-Asian NettleUrtica angustifolia
Black horehoundBallota nigra
Broadleaf NettleLaportea alatipes
heartleaf nettleUrtica chamaedryoides
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 904,291 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 896,232 |
| Russia | 32,424 |
| United Kingdom | 22,632 |
| England | 19,766 |
| Germany | 10,503 |
| Czechia | 7,521 |
| Poland | 4,714 |
| Moravskoslezský kraj | 4,456 |
| Moscow Oblast | 4,331 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales |
| Family | Nettle Family · Urticaceae |
| Genus | nettles · Urtica |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise great stinging nettle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.