Municipalities

Scientific Name

Urtica incisa

Family Name

URTICACEAE

Common Name

Scrub Nettle

Status

Height

60-120cm

Flowers

Small and green, arranged in spikes.

Fruit

Form

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

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

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

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown by seed or by division. 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. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Bog method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

storage

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes