Stinging nettle is an herbaceous plant and often grows to about 2 metres (6.5 feet) in height. The plant can spread vegetatively with its yellow creeping rhizomes and often forms dense colonies.
Is nettle a shrub?
Learn about nettles. Urticaceae, the nettle family (order Rosales) comprising about 54 genera and 2,625 species of herbs, shrubs, small trees, and a few vines, distributed primarily in tropical regions.