Scientific Name: Urtica incisa

Common Name: scrub nettle

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Urticaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with stiff stinging hairs on slender stems and serrated leaves.

Height (m): 0.6 – 1.2

Flowers: Small and green, arranged in spikes.

Fruit: Nut

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Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent in moist shady places, including fern gullies.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed has an after-ripening period, and requires 6 months of storage for >50% germination. Surface sow or cover lightly, as light is required. Germinates readily.

Cutting & Division Information

Grown by division.