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Dwarf Nettle

Urtica urens

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,046, February 2,250, March 3,525, April 5,545, May 7,995, June 8,718, July 9,329, August 8,023, September 5,890, October 4,396, November 2,402, December 1,878.
United States66,513
Alaska62,995
California5,763
Spain1,316
United Kingdom953
England922
New Zealand912
Germany587
Comunidad de Madrid562
Russia561

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Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderRoses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales
FamilyNettle Family · Urticaceae
Genusnettles · Urtica

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