Quercus

Heartleaf Nettle

Urtica chamaedryoides

Native to Georgia (estimated)

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

26CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Urtica

  • Polygonia interrogationisQuestion Mark
  • Vanessa atalantaRed Admiral
  • Abrostola ovalisWhite-Shouldered Nettle Moth
  • Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
  • Agonopterix pulvipennellaGoldenrod Leaffolder, Featherduster Agonopterix
  • Allagrapha aereaUnspotted Looper Moth
  • Archips negundanaLarger Boxelder Leafroller Moth
  • Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
  • Dysstroma truncataMarbled Carpet
  • Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
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  • Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
  • Heterophleps refusariaThree-Patch Bigwing
  • Heterophleps triguttariaThree-Spotted Fillip
  • Hypena humuliHop Snout Moth, Hop Vine Snout, Hop Looper
  • Hypena sordidulaSordid Bomolocha, Sordid Snout
  • Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Phlogophora periculosaBrown Angle Shades
  • Polygonia commaEastern Comma
  • Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
  • Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
  • Zanclognatha cruralisEarly Zanclognatha, Early Fan-Foot
  • Herpetogramma aquilonalis
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Urtica

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Urticaceae
Flower color
Green or white

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Heart Leaf Nettle

Conservation status

Georgia rankNot available
Global rankG4G5
GA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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