Roman nettle
urtica pilulifera latin

Urtica pilulifera, the Roman nettle, is a herbaceous annual flowering plant in the family Urticaceae.

The nettle species Urtica dodartii was named after him by Linnaeus but this is now considered a variety of Urtica pilulifera, the Roman nettle (U. pilulifera L. var.

The Romans introduced a number of species to Britain, including possibly the now-rare Roman nettle (Urtica pilulifera), said to have been used by soldiers to warm their arms and legs, and the edible snail Helix pomatia.