Urtica incisa

Taxobox
name = "Urtica incisa"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Urticaceae
genus = "Urtica"
species = "U. incisa"
binomial = "Urtica incisa"
binomial_authority =

"Urtica incisa", scrub nettle, is an up-right perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of south-eastern Australia.

Scrub nettle leaves are triangular and opposite, 5-12 cm long, with serated margins and stinging hairs.

Uses

Aborigines ate the leaves after baking them between hot stones. They are considered a tasty vegetable, with colonists also using it to make a tonic for "clearing the blood". [ Low,T., "Wild Food Plants of Australia", 1988. ISBN 0-207-16930-6]

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