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Urtica fissa is a perennial stinging nettle from streams and rainforest edges in China and nearby Asia, grown mainly as a wild or botanical plant rather than an ornamental. It needs moist, shaded, cool conditions to thrive.
Urtica fissa is an upright perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of China.
It is monoecious, has both sex organs, and rarely has only one sex organ (dioecious)
Narrow-leaf nettle · Urtica aspera · Southern Nettle · Kentucky Hemp · Heartleaf nettle · Urtica dioica subsp. afghanica · Stinging nettle · Fen Nettle · Common Nettle · Tree Nettle · Slender Nettle · Urtica hyperborea
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
