Urtica gracilis Aiton

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Urtica

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 50-200 cm high. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are narrowly sword shaped and have coarse teeth. They have stinging hairs. The flowers are small and green. They occur as many together in branched clusters. The male and female flowers can be on one plant or separate plants. The fruit are small and flattened.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Thickets and damp rich soils. Dry soils. Alluvial woods, margins of deciduous woodlands, fencerows and waste places from sea level to 3100 metres.
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It grows in damp soils and waste places.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-10

Usage

Uses beer dye essential oil experimental purposes fiber fibre fodder food additive food dye medicinal wild vegetable wood
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Dysuria (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:262034-2
WFO ID wfo-0001143258
COL ID 7F259
BDTFX ID 70406
INPN ID 128273
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Synonyms

Urtica strigosissima Urtica cardiophylla Urtica gracilis Urtica viridis Urtica californica Urtica lyallii Urtica procera Urtica dioica var. lyallii Urtica dioica var. gracilis Urtica dioica var. californica Urtica dioica var. procera Urtica lyallii var. californica Urtica gracilis var. latifolia

Lower taxons

Urtica gracilis subsp. aquatica Urtica gracilis subsp. incaica Urtica gracilis subsp. mollis