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Stinging Nettle

Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle, nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, it is now found worldwide.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Urtica dioica
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Urtica
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Rosales
Hardiness: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q205895
Habit: herb