Tall Nettle (Urtica procera)
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·leaf
Native
Family:
Urticaceae (Nettle)
Height: 2 to 9 ft.
(shrub)
Blooms: June to
October
Leaf Type:
toothed
Bloom Size: 0.1 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Elongate clusters,
Irregular blossoms
Location: Allegheny Highlands Trail
Date: 8/8/2015
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Tall Nettle may be
easily confused with:
- Clearweed
Tall nettle is much larger that clearweed. Clearweed has a smooth, shiny, hairless leaf.
- Slender Nettle
Slender nettle has a narrower leaf. Tall nettle may be much taller, though there is overlap between the two species.
- Wood Nettle
Compare the leaves. Tall nettle has a more elongate leaf.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
