Urtica
E10149
Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urtica canonical | 5 |
| Urtica dioica | 3 |
| Urtica ferox | 1 |
| Urtica pilulifera | 1 |
| Urtica urens | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | nettles ⓘ |
| contains | stinging trichomes ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
acetylcholine (in stinging hairs)
ⓘ
formic acid (in stinging hairs) ⓘ histamine (in stinging hairs) ⓘ serotonin (in stinging hairs) ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide in suitable climates ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
host plant for butterfly larvae
ⓘ
nitrogen indicator plant ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | small inconspicuous flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annual herb
ⓘ
perennial herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed soils
ⓘ
riverbanks ⓘ woodland edges ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
herbaceous plants
ⓘ
stinging hairs ⓘ urticating hairs ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
skin irritation
ⓘ
stinging sensation on contact ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Urtica
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Urtica dioica
Urtica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Urtica ferox
Urtica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Urtica pilulifera
Urtica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Urtica urens
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMargin | serrated margin ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ |
| notableFor | stinging nettles ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
by seed
ⓘ
vegetative via rhizomes (in some species) ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fiber production (in some species)
ⓘ
fodder (after processing) ⓘ food (young shoots and leaves) ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Urtica Description of subject: Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants best known for its stinging nettles, which have tiny hairs that can irritate the skin.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Urtica dioica
this entity surface form:
Urtica urens
this entity surface form:
Urtica ferox
this entity surface form:
Urtica pilulifera
this entity surface form:
Urtica dioica
subject surface form:
Urticaceae
subject surface form:
Urticaceae
this entity surface form:
Urtica dioica