Nettle family : URTICACEAE (HAMAMELIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Australina pusilla Shade Nettle Morwell Park, Victoria	Dendrocnide excelsa Giant Stinging Tree Photo: courtesy of Rob Whyte, Brisbane	Dendrocnide photinophylla Shiny Stinging Tree Photos: courtesy of Rob Whyte, Brisbane	Myriocarpa longipes Angel Hair Tree Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, November 2008
Parietaria judaica Spreading Pellitory Concord, December 2006	Pilea cadierei Aluminum Plant specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, April 2007	Pilea nummularifolia Creeping Charlie Wyee, March 2008	Pipturus argenteus Australian Native Mulberry Photos: courtesy of Rob Whyte, Brisbane

Urtica incisa Scrub Nettle Morwell Park, Victoria

Urtica urens Dwarf Nettle Wyee, September 2008

A number of Australian Butterflies and Moths have larvae that prefer to feed on plants in URTICACEAE, including:

Hypolimnas anomala

Mynes geoffroyi

Vanessa itea

Theretra celata

Theretra queenslandi

Arcte coerula

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 3 January 2013, 5 January 2024)