Heartleaf Nettle

Urtica chamaedryoides

Native to Kentucky (estimated)

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

30CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Urtica

Polygonia interrogationisQuestion Mark
Vanessa atalantaRed Admiral
Abrostola ovalisWhite-Shouldered Nettle Moth
Abrostola urentisNettle Looper, Spectacled Nettle Moth, Variegated Brindle
Acronicta impressaImpressive Dagger, Printed Dagger
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Agonopterix pulvipennellaGoldenrod Leaffolder, Featherduster Agonopterix
Allagrapha aereaUnspotted Looper Moth
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
Dysstroma truncataMarbled Carpet

Show all 30

Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
Heterophleps refusariaThree-Patch Bigwing
Heterophleps triguttariaThree-Spotted Fillip
Hypena edictalisLarge Bomolocha, Large Snout
Hypena humuliHop Snout Moth, Hop Vine Snout, Hop Looper
Hypena sordidulaSordid Bomolocha, Sordid Snout
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Melanchra adjunctaHitched Arches
Melanchra assimilisBlack Arches
Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
Pandemis lamprosanaWoodgrain 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

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

Flower color · “Green or white” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “Up to about 2.66667 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Annual” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil · “Moist” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Heart Leaf Nettle

Conservation status

Kentucky rank	S4?
Global rank	G4G5
KY status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

In your garden

Will it fit your spot?

Check this plant against your county, sun and soil moisture. Conditions are checked in your browser.

Choose a county to begin.

How to check your spot

Sources