Laportea grossa, or spotted nettle, is an African plant in the family Urticaceae, and one of 31 species in the genus.

[1] This species occurs in shady places in coastal and escarpment forests, closed woodland and on streambanks from George through the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal to southern Mozambique.

[3] It has decorative leaves marked by conspicuous white spots and is covered in stinging hairs.

Its soft, erect stems armed with stinging hairs have a tendency to root at the nodes, and are therefore readily propagated from cuttings.

Female flowers are 1.5 mm long, with 4 tepals of unequal size, and a white style protruding.