Urtica dentata Handel-Mazzetti; U. laetevirens subsp. dentata (Handel-Mazzetti) C. J. Chen; U. pachyrrhachis Handel-Mazzetti; U. silvatica Handel-Mazzetti.

Stipules free below, partially connate in upper stems; leaf blade green or dark green when dry, ovate or lanceolate, outer secondary veins often reaching teeth, base broadly cuneate or rounded; cystoliths botuliform with mixture of punctiform ones; achene ovoid, apex obtuse, verrucose, persistent perianth lobes sparsely setulose. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep.

Moist places in forests, thickets, along streams; 800-3500 m. Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, SE Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East)].