Native & growing wild in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Ireland, all of Europe (including Iceland), northern Africa, Asia eastward to India, Pakistan, western China, Mongolia, & eastern Siberia, Alaska, Canada, US, & northern Mexico. Naturalized in South Africa, South America, & elsewhere.
Distribution / Verbreitung: in the
Northern Hemispherein
Europein
Deutschlandin
North America (subsp.
gracilis)
Pictures / BilderOther English names (not proposed):
creek nettle
European nettle
European stinging nettle
greater nettle
hoky-poky
perennial nettle
seven-minute itch
slender nettle
tall nettleAndere deutsche Namen (nicht vorgeschlagen):
die
Fasernessel
Gewöhnliche Brennnesseldie
Groß-BrennnesselTaxonomic citation:
Urtica dioica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 984. 1753.
Infraspecific names (not proposed):
Urtica dioica L. subsp.
gracilis (Aiton) Selander (1947) -
American stinging nettle,
California nettle,
slender wild nettleUrtica dioica L. subsp.
holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne (1967) -
giant creek nettle,
hoary nettle,
mountain nettle,
slim nettleUrtica dioica L. subsp.
subinermis (R. Uechtr.) Weigend (2005) -
fen nettle,
Hohlzahnblättrige Große Brennnessel,
Hohlzahn-Brennnessel,
Ufer-Brennnessel3386 - Urticaceae
