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2. Urtica dioica - Wikipedia

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   Whoever strips and eats the most stinging nettle leaves in a fixed time is the winner. The competition dates back to 1986, when two neighbouring farmers attempted to settle a dispute about which had the worst infestation of nettles, and one of them said to the other, "I'll eat any nettle of yours that's longer than mine." [47] [48]

3. Cnidoscolus stimulosus - Wikipedia

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   Cnidoscolus stimulosus, the bull nettle, [1] spurge nettle, stinging nettle, tread-softly or finger rot, is a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs, native to southeastern North America. A member of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), it is not a true nettle .

4. Urtica - Wikipedia

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   Many species have stinging hairs and may be called nettles or stinging nettles (the latter name applying particularly to U. dioica). The generic name Urtica derives from the Latin for 'sting'. Due to the stinging hairs, Urtica are rarely eaten by herbivores , but provide shelter for insects.

5. What Is Stinging Nettle? 5 Painless Ways to Get Rid of This ...

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   Stinging nettle is a tenacious weed that will regrow from even the smallest root or rhizome left in the soil. Tips. Somewhat surprisingly, stinging nettle is an edible plant. If you want to try ...

6. Cnidoscolus texanus - Wikipedia

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   Cnidoscolus texanus, commonly known as Texas bullnettle [2] (also Texas bull nettle [3] and Texas bull-nettle [4]), tread-softly, mala mujer, and finger rot, is a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs.

7. Cnidoscolus urens - Wikipedia

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   Cnidoscolus urens is a perennial, tropical American stinging herb of the family Euphorbiaceae, and is one of some 100 species belonging to the genus Cnidoscolus (from Gk. knidē "nettle", skōlos "thorn", and Latin urens "burning"). [1] The plant is locally known as bull nettle, spurge nettle, bringamosa and mala mujer ("evil woman").