Urticaceae

Urtica membranacea Poir. ex Savigny

Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Urtica

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Common names

By language (8)

Arabic: قراص غشائي
arz: قراص غشائى
Finnish: Häntänokkonen
French: Ortie douteuse, Ortie à membranes
Galician: Estruga membranosa, Ortiga membranosa
German: Geschwänzte Brennnessel
Hebrew: סרפד קרומי
Swedish: Bandnässla

Synonyms

Dubrueilia membranacea Gaudich.
Urtica azorica Hochst. ex Seub.
Urtica caudata Vahl
Urtica dubia Forssk.
Urtica lowei Seub.
Urtica lusitanica Brot.
Urtica membranacea prol. lusitanica (Brot.) Samp.
Urtica membranacea subsp. neglecta (Guss.) Nyman
Urtica membranacea var. horrida Willk.
Urtica membranacea var. subinermis Sennen
Urtica neglecta Guss.
Urtica pittoni Blume
Urtica recurvata Otto ex Blume

Photos

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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.