Latin Name: 
Urtica dioica

Category:
Industrial Weeds

Lifecycle: 
Perennial

Preferred Habitat:
Native on river banks, in hedgerows, woods, grassy places, near buildings and where the ground is littered with rubble. Common nettles thrive in nitrogen rich ground.

Growth:
Nettles can quickly colonise neglected ground. Common nettles have tough yellow roots with creeping stems that root at the nodes.

Leaves:
Heart-shaped with a toothed edge



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