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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Nettle<br /> | image = Ongaonga close-up.jpg<br /> | image_width = 200px<br /> | image_caption = Ongaonga leaves and spines<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Rosales]]<br /> | familia = [[Urticaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Urtica]]''<br /> | species = '''''U. ferox'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Urtica ferox''<br /> | binomial_authority =<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Ongaonga''', ''Urtica ferox'', is a [[nettle]] that is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. Sometimes known as the 'tree nettle', ongaonga has woody stems and unusually large stinging spines, and can grow 5 metres tall. Even the lightest touch can result in a painful sting that lasts several days. It has killed at least one person who blundered into it, as well as several dogs and horses.<br /> <br /> In Maori folklore, [[Kupe]] was said to have placed several obstacles to hinder pursuers whose wives he had stolen, one of which was the ongaonga.<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:v-gonerilla.gif|thumb|Red Admiral butterfly]] --&gt;<br /> Ongaonga is the main food plant for larvae of the [[New Zealand Red Admiral]] butterfly or [[Kahukura]], ''Bassaris gonerilla''. <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *{{cite book<br /> | last = Connor<br /> | first = H. E.<br /> | title = Poisonous Plants in New Zealand (DSIR Research Bulletin 99)<br /> | origyear = 1952<br /> | edition = 2nd edition<br /> | year = 1977<br /> | publisher = Government Printer<br /> | location = Wellington<br /> | id = {{Listed Invalid ISBN|0-477-01007}}<br /> }}<br /> *{{cite book<br /> | last = Crowe<br /> | first = Andrew<br /> | date = 1999-09-07<br /> | title = Which Native Forest Plant?<br /> | publisher = Penguin<br /> | location = New Zealand<br /> | id = ISBN 0-14-028631-4<br /> }}<br /> *{{cite book<br /> | last = Hutching<br /> | first = Gerald<br /> | year = 1998<br /> | title = The Natural World of New Zealand<br /> | publisher = Viking (Penguin)<br /> | location = New Zealand<br /> | id = ISBN 0-670-87782-4<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{plant-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Trees of New Zealand]]<br /> [[Category:Poisonous plants]]</div>

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