Plant Flowers: Female

Leaves Male

Fruit

Height: 40-150cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Dioecious, Flowering June - October (Earliest: 12.5)

Protective Chemicals
Indole Alkaloids	Serotonin
Saponins	Ursolic Acid
Coumarins	Scopoletin
Flavonoids	Hyperin, Isoquercitrin, Quercetin, Rutin
Other Phenolics	Caffeic, Ferulic, & Gallic Acids
Other Acids	Erucic, Formic
Sterols	Sitosterol
Amines	Histamine
Other	Acetylcholine

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Around Buildings	Spruce Forest Edge
Pollination:	Wind
Flower Visitors:	Andrena alfkenella	Bombus pascuorum	Tenthredopsis coquebertii	Coenonympha pamphilus
	Several Syrphidae	Bicellaria pilosa	Morellia simplex	Anaspis frontalis
	Harmonia axyridis	Hoplia philanthus	Rhagonycha fulva	Closterotomus norwegicus
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Parasites:	Septoria urticae	Ascochyta urticae	Erysiphe urticae	Puccinia caricina
	Agapanthia villosoviridescens Larva (Stem Borer)	Several Agromyzidae	Dasineura dioicae	Dasineura urticae
	Gortyna flavago Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:	Columba palumbus	Several Nymphalidae	Several Crambidae	Many Erebidae
	Many Noctuidae	Many Tortricidae	Anthophila fabriciana	Pachyprotasis antennata Larva
	Tenthredo atra Larva	Several Chrysomelidae	Nedyus quadrimaculatus	Phyllobius pomaceus
	Cepaea	Monacha cantiana	Trochulus hispidus
Sapivores:	Several Aphididae	Many Cicadellidae	Many Miridae	Palomena prasina
	Zicrona caerulea	Cercopis vulnerata	Trioza urticae	Philaenus spumarius
	Centrotus cornutus Nymph
Florivores:	Brachypterus glaber	Brachypterus urticae
Granivores:	Passeridae	Several Fringillidae	Prunella modularis	Several Miridae
	Scolopostethus affinis	Scolopostethus thomsoni	Dolycoris baccarum	Amara aenea
Nests:	Anas platyrhynchos	Several Sylviidae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Stinging Nettle

Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011 J.K. Lindsey

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