WorldFloraDB - Urtica pilulifera

Characteristics

A medium sized herb. It grows each year from seed. It is hairy. The leaves are oval or heart shaped. They may or may not have teeth along the edge. The male and female flowers are on the same plant. The male flowers are in clusters in a raceme and the female flowers are in round heads. The fruit are in rounded clusters. They are 9-11 mm across.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

anemogamy

Spread

epizoochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.6

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

A weed of cultivated land and waste places, preferring light soils.

More

It grows in waste and disturbed ground in Mediterranean countries.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are used for herbal teas. The stems and young shoots are eaten raw in salads. They are also cooked.

Uses	dye essential oil fiber medicinal ornamental tea
Edible	leaves shoots stems
Therapeutic use	Hematemesis (unspecified), Hemoptysis (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Paralysis (unspecified), Epistaxis (unspecified), Metrorrhagia (unspecified), Astringents (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Hemostasis (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	-