Gateshead Birders

Photo © Keith Robson
19 July 2009 Derwent Walk CP

Common on waste ground, beside paths, in ruined buildings and by the shore.

Leaf-blades c 4-8 cm

Male and female flowers on separate plants.

Other features: Also differs from Annual Nettle in the following ways:

• Perennial, shoots joined by creeping stems or roots

• Painful sting

• Flower spikes several cm long

• Leaf normally has end tooth notably longer than adjoining side teeth

• No or very short side-branches

• Fruit c 1-1.5 mm long

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