Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Nettle, Urtica dioica, Neantóg
Photographs: Co. Cork

Nettle
Urtica dioica
Neantóg
Family: Urticaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native.

Dioecious yellow-green catkin-like flowers. Leaves are short-stalked and in opposite pairs. Rhizomes fleshy, yellow and far-spreading. The whole plant is covered with stinging hairs. Height 30-120cm.
Important food-plant for the caterpillars of Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral butterflies.

Very common throughout Ireland, especially on phosphate-enriched soils.

Similar: Small Nettle, U. urens

Nettle, Urtica dioica, Neantóg

Nettle, Urtica dioica, Neantóg
Nettle, Urtica dioica, Neantóg

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