Urticaceae
Dwarf nettle
Urtica urens
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Urtica
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Common names
By language (47)
- Arabic
- قراص حارق
- Armenian
- Եղինջ այրող
- arz
- قراص حارق
- Asturian
- Ortiga menor
- Basque
- Asunbeltz
- Bulgarian
- Гръцка коприва
- Catalan
- Ortiga petita
- Chinese
- 欧荨麻, 歐蕁麻
- csb
- Żôgówka
- cv
- Сухăр вĕлтĕрен
- Czech
- Kopřiva žahavka
- Danish
- Liden Nælde
- Dutch
- Kleine brandnetel
- English
- Dwarf nettle, Annual nettle, Small nettle
- Estonian
- Raudnõges
- Finnish
- Rautanokkonen
- French
- Ortie brûlante, Petite ortie, ortie brûlante, Petite Ortie
- frr
- Letj braannäädel
- Galician
- Estruga menor
- German
- Kleine Brennnessel, Kleine Brennessel, Eiternessel
- Hebrew
- סרפד צורב
- hsb
- Mała kopřiwa, Žahalca
- Hungarian
- Apró csalán
- Icelandic
- Smánetla
- Italian
- Ortica annua
- Japanese
- ヒメイラクサ
- kab
- Taẓegduft
- Kazakh
- Күйдіргіш қалақай
- kw
- Linas
- Latvian
- Sīkā nātre
- Lithuanian
- Gailioji dilgėlė
- mrj
- Калянуж
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Smånesle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Smånesle
- Persian
- گزنهسگ
- Polish
- Pokrzywa żegawka
- Portuguese
- Urtiga-menor
- Quechua
- Mula kisa, Mula quisa, Qoe kisa, Quwi kisa, Urqu ithana
- Russian
- Крапива жгучая
- sgs
- Joudnuotrīnė
- Slovak
- Pŕhľava malá
- Slovenian
- Mala kopriva
- Spanish
- Ortiga, Forniquilla, Ortiga menor, Ortiga moheña, Pica manos, Picamoscas, Picasarna, Ronchona
- Swedish
- Etternässla, Eddersnälla, Tordönsnässla
- Turkish
- Küçük ısırgan
- Ukrainian
- Кропива жалка
- Welsh
- Danhadlen fach, Danadl, Dynaint
Synonyms
- Urtica atlantica Blume
- Urtica cubensis Klotzsch ex Herder
- Urtica minor Garsault
- Urtica minor Lam.
- Urtica monoica Gilib.
- Urtica ovalifolia Stokes
- Urtica parvula Blume
- Urtica quadristipulata Dulac
- Urtica trianae Rusby
- Urtica urens var. lanceolata E.Nilsson
Flowers
- In flower
- August to October, December to May (from 315 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henry Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Maria G, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zidat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mister_bumble, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.