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Common Nettle Common Nettle
Urtica dioica
Height up to 1m

The familiar stinging nettle. Oval leaves are toothed and pointed-tipped; borne in opposite pairs and covered with sharp hairs. Flowers appear June­October in pendulous catkins; male and female on separate plants. Favours disturbed soils.