The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus Urtica, ramie, mÄmaki, and ajlai.
Urticaceae
Pilea cadierei
Pilea pumila
Dendrocnide sp.
Urtica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. Many species have stinging hairs and may be called nettles or stinging nettles. The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'.
Urtica
Detail of a male flowering stinging nettle
Detail of female flowering stinging nettle
The dotted bumps on the leaves of Urtica thunbergiana