Urtica cannabinaL.

WFO wfo-0000416626 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Urtica cannabina, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. a Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 204793112
Urtica cannabina, photographed by Екатерина Гущина
fig. b Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199678100
Urtica cannabina, photographed by Екатерина Гущина
fig. c Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199675936
Urtica cannabina, photographed by Екатерина Гущина
fig. d Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195913164
Urtica cannabina, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. e Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194749615
Urtica cannabina, photographed by Екатерина Гущина
fig. f Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194237437
Urtica cannabina, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. g Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194768659
Urtica cannabina, photographed by Станислав Чуванов
fig. h Станислав Чуванов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164551553

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Urtica cannabina is native: Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya AltayBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaQinghaiTadzhikistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiya
Native distribution of Urtica cannabina, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 1 synonym

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Urtica cannabina f. angustiloba Y.C.Chu

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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