Urtica urens L.
(Small Nettle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUrtica urens (Small Nettle)
GenusUrtica (nettles)
FamilyURTICACEAE (nettles)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Urtica urens (Small Nettle) :
1: Urtica urens (Small Nettle)
12 May 2001 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Beside tarmac path
Image 1: InflorescenceImage 2: Inflorescence (2)Image 3: Plant
2: Urtica urens (Small Nettle)
14 Oct 1972 OSGR: SE64 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Image 1: PlantImage 2: Stem and stinging hairs - enlargedImage 3: Stem, fruits and stinging hairs - enlarged

Urtica urens (Small Nettle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Urtica urens (Small Nettle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Urtica urens (Small Nettle)
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