Dendrocnide cordifolia, commonly known as the stinging tree, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae endemic to the Atherton Tablelands, southwest of Cairns, Queensland.

D. cordifolia is a straggly perennial shrub growing up to 10 m (33 ft) high, and the entire plant is covered with stinging hairs.

[8] In 1969 the Singaporean botanist Wee-Lek Chew, in his paper titled Laportia and Allied Genera, merged L. cordifolia with Dendrocnide cordata and for almost 30 years that remained the status quo.

D. cordifolia is restricted to a small part of north-eastern Queensland, specifically the Atherton Tableland and nearby areas, at elevations from 100 to 1,200 m (330 to 3,940 ft).

D. cordifolia produces intense pain when a person comes into contact with any part of the plant, very similar to the more well-known and closely related D. moriodes.