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Nettle Family
2 species
Stinging Nettle - catkin to 8 cm - leaves 5 to 10 cm - height 60 cm to 1.2 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010
Order: Urticales
Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Genus: Urtica
Species: Dioica
Perennial - leaves and stems covered in stinging hairs -
family and genus names are derived from the Latin "uro"
(burn) - dioecious - native to Canada
family and genus names are derived from the Latin "uro"
(burn) - dioecious - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated October 30 2010
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Wood Nettle - flower approx. 3 mm - fruit approx. 3 mm - leaves to 20 cm - height to 1 m - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2011
Order: Urticales
Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Genus: Laportea
Species: Canadensis
Perennial - also known as Canada Nettle - stems
covered in stinging hairs - usually monoecious - native to
Canada
covered in stinging hairs - usually monoecious - native to
Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated February 27 2012
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