Latin name: Urtica dioica (L.) ssp. holosericea (Nutt.)
  Thorne
  Pronunciation: UR-ti-ka di-OH-ik-a ho-lo-se-RIS-ee-a

  Common name: Hoary nettle
  Family: Urticaceae (Nettle)
  Habitat: Streambanks, margins of deciduous woodlands,
  moist waste places to 9000'

  Blooming period: June to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Urtica  2) dioica
  3) holosericea
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