Urtica incisa
Stinging Nettle at Paddys River, ACT
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| Urtica incisa | AaronClausen | 1 Dec 2014 | |
| Urtica urens | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Nov 2014 | |
| Urtica urens | BettyDonWood | 30 Nov 2014 | |
| Urtica incisa | galah681 | 16 Nov 2014 | |
| Unverified | galah681 | 16 Nov 2014 |
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5 comments
30 Nov 2014
Urtica incisa is a perennial which has an unbranched inflorescence (flower group) which is longer than the leaf stalk. Urtica urens is an annual (which this appears to be) with a branched inflorescence which is shorter than the leaf stalk.
30 Nov 2014
I should have mentioned that Urtica incisa is a native, and Urtica urens is introduced.
1 Dec 2014
I saw this plant (or its ancestor) 3 years ago in the same place, but in mid December. The flowers were much longer (about the same length as the leaves and narrower than on the current plant. I can't load up the photo as there is no GPS locaation for it. The flowers had also developed a purplish colouring on the sepals? or petals.
1 Dec 2014
The photo I took in 2010 looks exactly like the one shown on plantnet for the Urtica incisa with purple stems and very similar flowers.
1 Dec 2014
In that case it is Urtica incisa. There is no mention of stem colour in Flora of NSW. However, several of the photos of Urtica incisa in the ALA gallery for the species (including ours) have purple stems or stems with purple stripes. URL http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Urtica+incisa#tab_gallery
Location information
- Coordinates 148.884981-35.453251
- Altitude 984.0m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 15 Nov 2014 09:52 AM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Urtica incisa Scientific name
- Stinging Nettle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1528.28m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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