trefle.io · Taken Feb 28, 2022 by joseronchel (cc-by-sa)
Urticaceae
Burning nettle
Urtica urens
Also known as Annual nettle, Small nettle, Dog nettle, Urtica parvula
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Stinging Nettle · Medicinal · Edible · Wildflower · Weed · Butterfly Host · Annual · Foraging · Native · Herbaceous
Burning nettle is a fast-growing, weedy annual that thrives in disturbed soils with moderate moisture and partial to full sun. Handle with care as its stinging hairs can cause skin irritation — gloves are strongly recommended during handling and harvest. Despite its sting, it has a long history of medicinal and nutritional use and supports important butterfly and moth larvae.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
More Urtica
Related plants from the same genus
Buy this plant
No nurseries currently list it
No nursery lists Burning nettle right now.