Urtica dioica

Classification	Dicots
Family	Urticaceae
Family (Traditional)	Urticaceae
Genus	Urtica
Species:	Urtica dioica
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
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Status
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Urtica dioica L. ssp. dioica

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Urtica dioica var. dioica	Urtica dioica var. dioica

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Jefferson (KY), Lewis (KY), Monroe (KY), Carter (TN), Cocke (TN), Greene (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, SWMT, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1984 - 2010

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
BEREA022213	Lewis	Kentucky			BEREA Urtica dioica
31234100721693	Jefferson	Kentucky	01 Apr 2010	Patricia D. Haragan 1069	EKY Urtica dioica
MTSU009392	Rutherford	Tennessee	18 Apr 2005	John S. Dockery	MTSU Urtica dioica
MTSU009380	Williamson	Tennessee	12 Apr 1992	Karen Weller	MTSU Urtica dioica
MTSU009379	Williamson	Tennessee	02 Apr 1995	Adria Hopkins	MTSU Urtica dioica
HTTU009815	Williamson	Tennessee			HTTU Urtica dioica
SWMT01871	Shelby	Tennessee	09 May 1984	D. H. Kesler 65	SWMT Urtica dioica
TENN-V-0084668	Greene	Tennessee		A. J. Sharp 41319	TENN Urtica dioica
TENN-V-0084666	Carter	Tennessee	07 Sep 1997	Ed Schell	TENN Urtica dioica
31234100694221	Monroe	Kentucky	22 Sep 2001	A. Bradshaw 9	EKY Urtica dioica
ETSU008866	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Urtica dioica
TENN-V-0084667	Cocke	Tennessee		Ken Rogers 34001	TENN Urtica dioica
TENN-V-0084669	Shelby	Tennessee		Milo Guthrie 2025	TENN Urtica dioica

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