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Urtica rupestris is a perennial nettle from Sicily, a wild species of rocky habitats rather than a common garden plant. Like other nettles it has stinging hairs, and it is seldom grown in cultivation.
Urtica rupestris is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae, endemic to Sicily. The leaves may be conspicuously hit by the rust Puccinia urticatata.
Narrow-leaf nettle · Urtica aspera · Southern Nettle · Kentucky Hemp · Heartleaf nettle · Urtica dioica subsp. afghanica · Stinging nettle · Fen Nettle · Common Nettle · Tree Nettle · Urtica fissa · Slender Nettle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Urtica rupestris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
