§1 Plant
Urtica urens L.
vernacular dwarf nettle — species · Urticaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Urticaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Urtica
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 81 counties across 23 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 81 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
California view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Modoc 06049
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/URUR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5361815 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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