Urtica bianorii (Knoche) Paira
Family: URTICACEAE
Genus: Urtica
Sinònims: Urtica atrovirens Req. ex Lois. subsp. bianorii (Knoche) Font Quer et Garcias Font
Catalan common name: Ortiga.
Province distribution: Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)
IUCN Category: Near threatened
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.
Habitats: Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Eutrophic soils.
Characteristics: This stinging nettle is endemic to the mountains of Mallorca, and is characterized by its rounded, deeply dentate leaves, veins are very marked on the leaf reverse, and the petiole is longer than the stem, additionally, its urticants (the stinging hairs of the leaf) are very long but slack or limp. Flowers are unisexual. Flowers during the summer.