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	Urtica pilulifera  L.

Fam.: Urticaceae / Nettle Fam.

Genus:  Urtica  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Urtica:		urere = to sting
	pilulifera:		bearing pills

Fig. 1:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle GR Hymettos 4.4.2013

Fig. 2:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle GR Hymettos 21.5.2008

Fig. 3:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle GR Hymettos 21.5.2008

Fig. 4:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle (another site) GR Hymettos 11.4.2024

Fig. 5:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle GR Hymettos 11.4.2024

Fig. 6:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 7:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 8:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019

Fig. 9:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Lahania 3.4.2019

Fig. 10:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Lahania 3.4.2019

Fig. 11:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Lahania 3.4.2019

Fig. 12:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Lindos 20.3.2023

Fig. 13:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Sianna 21.3.2023

Fig. 14:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Sianna 21.3.2023

Fig. 15:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Sianna 21.3.2023

Fig. 16:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Sianna 21.3.2023

Fig. 17:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Rhodes, Sianna 21.3.2023

Fig. 18:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Lesbos, Moni Ypsilou 14.4.2014

Fig. 19:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Lesbos, Moni Ypsilou 14.4.2014

Fig. 20:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Lesbos, Moni Ypsilou 14.4.2014

Fig. 21:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle Cyprus, Avakas Gorge 22.3.2025

Fig. 22:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 23:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 13.9.2008

Fig. 24:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Mainz 11.7.2009

Fig. 25:  Urtica pilulifera / Roman Nettle (cultiv.) D Botan. Gar. Universit. Heidelberg 22.5.2007

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