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Urtica angustifolia
Also called Nettle Family, Nettles, Stinging Nettle Family, Cecropia Family, Nettles And Allies
Urtica angustifolia, the narrow-leaf or East-Asian nettle, is a perennial herb in the nettle family (Urticaceae) native to northeast Asia, where it grows in moist forest edges and stream banks. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it is best kept in moist, partly shaded, well-drained ground where it can spread.
Urtica angustifolia also commonly called the East-Asian nettle is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. POWO lists is as a synonym of Urtica dioica var. holosericea.
Urtica angustifolia is native to Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Shanxi, Japan, Mongolia, Korea, Russia (Russian Far East, Siberia). It grows in moist places in forests, thickets, steam banks.
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