Urtica urens
Small Nettle at Jerrabomberra, ACT
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| Urtica urens | MichaelMulvaney | 6 Oct 2018 | |
| Urtica incisa | BettyDonWood | 5 Oct 2018 | |
| Urtica urens | Mike | 5 Oct 2018 |
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4 comments
6 Oct 2018
The flowers are too immature to use the diagnostics. I would not like to be the one pulling the flower clusters apart to see whether they are branched or not. Going on the undisturbed habitat, it should be incisa. I have not seen many urens, but they were all in really dusturbed sites, like cattle yards.
6 Oct 2018
Leaves are too short for U. incisa. This is probably old sheep grazing land and U. urens is commonly found on sheep camps along with Marrubium vulgare, which I didn't photograph because it is not yet flowering.
6 Oct 2018
The species page for Urtica incisa https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/4650 has a link to the weed species Urtica urens, which is incorrect.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.148333-35.379722
- Altitude 725.0m
- Maps Jerrabomberra Grassland
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2018 10:40 AM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
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Species information
- Urtica urens Scientific name
- Small Nettle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1533.09m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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