Urticaceae

Hemp nettle

Urtica cannabina L.

Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Urtica

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Hemp nettle (Urtica cannabina) — FlowerPhoto: Timofey Shiryaev, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (14)

Arabic: قراص قنبي
arz: قراص قنبى
Belarusian: Крапіва канаплёвая
Bulgarian: Конопена коприва
Chinese: 麻叶荨麻, 麻葉蕁麻, 哈拉海, 宽叶荨麻, 尊麻, 火麻, 焮麻, 荨麻
cv: Кантăрла вĕлтĕрен
Czech: Kopřiva konopovitá
English: Hemp nettle, Hemp-leaved nettle, Kentucky hemp, Siberian hemp nettle, Siberian hemp-nettle
German: Hanf-Brennnessel, Sibirische Nessel
Mongolian: Олслог халгай
Polish: Pokrzywa konopolistna
Russian: Крапива коноплёвая, Urtíca cannabina, Крапива коноплевая
Swedish: Hampnässla
Ukrainian: Кропива коноплева

Synonyms

Urtica cannabina f. angustiloba Y.C.Chu

Flowers

In flower: July to September (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Timofey Shiryaev, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dezidor, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amada44, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: visockayanat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Levana Sativa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Иван Пристрем, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Александр Белозёров, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.