Urticaceae
Australina pusilla (Poir.) Gaudich.
Australina pusilla (Poir.) Gaudich.
Australina pusilla (small shade nettle) is a variable 50 cm perennial herb in Urticaceae native to eastern Australia and New Zealand
Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw.
Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw.
Boehmeria cylindrica is a deciduous nettle-family plant native to the Americas that grows in wet to mesic deciduous woodlands.
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.
Boehmeria nivea, commonly ramie, is an ancient cultivated fibre-bearing urticaceous shrub native to East and Southeast Asia.
Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.
Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.
Cecropia obtusifolia is a Urticaceae plant species, invasive in Hawaii, and used in traditional Amerindian medicine.
Cecropia pachystachya Trécul
Cecropia pachystachya Trécul
Cecropia pachystachya Trécul is a small evergreen neotropical pioneer tree with ant mutualism and traditional medicinal uses.
Cecropia peltata L.
Cecropia peltata L.
Cecropia peltata L. is a fast-growing dioecious tree native to the Neotropics, listed as one of the world’s worst invasive alien species.
Cecropia schreberiana Miq.
Cecropia schreberiana Miq.
Cecropia schreberiana Miq. is a medium-sized Neotropical tree with a range of local practical and medicinal uses.
Debregeasia orientalis C.J.Chen
Debregeasia orientalis C.J.Chen
Debregeasia orientalis is an edible-fruited shrub native to East and South Asia, growing in shaded wet mountain valleys.
Dendrocnide excelsa (Wedd.) Chew
Dendrocnide excelsa (Wedd.) Chew
Dendrocnide excelsa, the giant stinging tree, is a large Australian rainforest tree covered in stinging hairs, with historical use of its fibres by Indigenous people.
Dendrocnide meyeniana (Walp.) Chew
Dendrocnide meyeniana (Walp.) Chew
Dendrocnide meyeniana, the poisonous wood nettle, is a stinging urticaceous tree native to Taiwan and the Philippines with cultural and medicinal uses.
Elatostema rugosum A.Cunn.
Elatostema rugosum A.Cunn.
Elatostema rugosum is a New Zealand endemic forest herb that Māori once used to flavor hāngī-cooked kūmara.
Forsskaolea tenacissima L.
Forsskaolea tenacissima L.
Forsskaolea tenacissima is a small woody annual arid-region plant that livestock favor and whose bark is used for rope-making.
Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis
Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis
Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis is a stinging nettle species grown for its useful, fully biodegradable fibre.
Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew
Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew
Laportea aestuans, the West Indian woodnettle, is an annual weedy herb in the nettle family, possibly native to tropical Africa.
Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd.
Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd.
Laportea canadensis, Canadian wood nettle, is a North American nettle with alternate leaves and stinging hairs.
Oreocnide pedunculata (Shirai) Masam.
Oreocnide pedunculata (Shirai) Masam.
Oreocnide pedunculata is an Urticaceae flowering shrub/tree native to East Asia, whose leaves feed local macaque species.
Parietaria debilis G.Forst.
Parietaria debilis G.Forst.
Parietaria debilis G.Forst. is an annual herb native to Australia and New Zealand that grows 7–40 cm tall.
Parietaria floridana Nutt.
Parietaria floridana Nutt.
Parietaria floridana, Florida pellitory, is an annual or short-lived herb native to parts of the Americas.
Parietaria hespera Hinton
Parietaria hespera Hinton
Parietaria hespera, rillita pellitory, is a nettle-family annual flowering plant native to southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
Parietaria judaica L.
Parietaria judaica L.
Parietaria judaica, or spreading pellitory, is a perennial herb widespread across much of Eurasia and North Africa, often growing on urban walls.
Parietaria officinalis L.
Parietaria officinalis L.
Parietaria officinalis L. is a non-stinging nettle family plant whose pollen causes allergies, and it was historically used to make metheglins.
Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Pennsylvania pellitory (Parietaria pensylvanica) is a nettle-family annual flowering plant native to most of North America.
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
Pilea microphylla is a small monoecious plant named for its explosive pollen ejection by male flower stamens.
Pilea pumila (L.) A.Gray
Pilea pumila (L.) A.Gray
Pilea pumila, also called Canadian clearweed, is an edible annual plant with known ecological roles, traditional medicinal uses, and educational applications.
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