Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Urtica dioica, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced17 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded15 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Flora of North America, Plants For A Future

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 984 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Common nettle	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Siberia and W. China, NW. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	120 cm	96.55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 221 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 80, 86, 88, 90, 108, 116, 161, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 356, 449, 500, 526, 608, 617, 706, 775, 818, 842, 866, 897, 898, 918, 925 120 cm · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Biological type	geophyte	geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 122 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 161, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 220, 500, 918, 925	Sourced
Edible part	leaves	leaves · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Flower color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Sourced
Fruit shape	achene	achene · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	300 cm	120 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 80, 86, 88, 90, 108, 116, 161, 164, 174, 175, 178, 251, 356, 449, 500, 526, 608, 617, 706, 775, 818, 842, 866, 897, 898, 918, 925 300 cm · Flora of North America · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Sexuality	dioecious	dioecious · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul, aug, sep	jan, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 80, 163, 174, 203 jun\|jul\|aug\|sep · Flora of North America · Reported · 2026-09-04	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 155 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 110, 164, 178, 203, 460, 818, 882, 918, 925 perennial · Flora of North America · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)	6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203	Sourced
Light	5 / 9 · half-shade	6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Maximum precipitation	2400 mm	2400 mm · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Minimum precipitation	450 mm	450 mm · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Minimum temperature	-25 °C	-25 °C · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 6.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	9 / 9 · extremely rich (hypereutrophic)	9 / 9 · extremely rich (hypereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	76 cm	76 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 608, 818, 898	Sourced
Raw
Pollinisation raw	wind	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Sexuality raw	dioecious	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	10.6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 19 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 88, 90, 228, 412, 617, 670	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed, vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 489	Not on the record

Urtica dioica L., 1753 56% complete

Common nettle

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