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Ontario Weeds: Stinging Nettle

Author: Mike Cowbrough - Weed Management Specialist (Field Crops)/OMAFRA; Leslie Huffman - Weed Management Specialist (Hort Crops)/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 June 2000
Last Reviewed: 31 July 2003

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  2. Other Names
  3. Family
  4. General Description
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Name: Stinging nettle, Urtica dioic var. procera (Muhl).,URTDI

Other Names: tall nettle, slender nettle

Family: Nettle Family (Urticae)

General Description: An erect perennial, reproducing by rhizomes and seeds.

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mature stinging nettle

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