Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Urtica bianorii (Knoche) Paira
Family : URTICACEAE
Genus : Urtica
Catalan common name : Ortiga.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : June. July. August.
Life-forms : Hemicryptophyte.
Habitat : Eutrophic soils.
IUCN Category : Vulnerable
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.
Status : Endèmica.
