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Urticaceae
Common nettle
Urtica dioica
Also known as Urtica dioica var. ramosa, Burn nettle, Stinger, Urtica dioica subsp. eudioica
Zones 4–10Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Low
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Nettle · Medicinal · Edible · Wild · Herb · Stinging · Hardy · Native · Foraging
Pet-safeBeginner-friendlyMedicinalAttracts pollinators
Currently out of stock everywhereStock updated 9/6/2026
Common nettle is extremely hardy and grows vigorously in moist, rich soil. Handle with gloves due to stinging hairs, but valued for its medicinal properties and as food for beneficial insects. Will self-seed readily if allowed to flower.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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