Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Urticaceae

Boehmeria - [maps | photos]

• Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: smallspike false nettle

Laportea - [maps | photos]

• Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Canadian wood nettle

Parietaria - [maps | photos]

• Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
  Common Name: Pennsylvania pellitory

Pilea - [maps | photos]

• Pilea microphylla * (L.) Liebm.
  Common Name: rockweed

• Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Canadian clearweed

Urtica - [maps | photos]

• Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: heartleaf nettle

• Urtica dioica * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: stinging nettle

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.