Nettle family (Urticaceae)

This family comprises herbs with opposite or alternate simple leaves, hairy leaves (sometimes stinging), and small clusters of flowers without petals. The flowers are unisexual, with male and female flowers either on the same or separate plants.

List of flowers currently featured in the Nettle family

Stinging Nettle Small Nettle Pellitory-of-the-wall
Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica
Small Nettle
Urtica urens
Pellitory-of-the-wall
Parietaria judaica (P.diffusa)






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