Scientific Name: Australina pusilla subsp. muelleri

Common Name: shade nettle

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Urticaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Loosely branched perennial shrub, stems creeping at the base, then erect, leaves dark green, coarsely toothed and scattered with hairs.

Flowers: Flowers are hairy, petal-less and small, and either male or female.

Fruit: Achene – ellipsoid, asymmetric, smooth, brown, 1.5mm long.