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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.
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 .
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").
Plants called "nettle" include: ball nettle – Solanum carolinense; bull nettle Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle; Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle; Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium, bull nettle, silver-leaf nettle, white horse-nettle; dead nettle, dumb nettle Lamium, particularly Lamium album
The species responsible for the highest percentages of fatal attacks are the great white shark, the bull shark, and the tiger shark. Over 375 shark species have been identified, but only about 12 ...
Bullnettle (also written "bull nettle", "Bull Nettle" or "bull-nettle") is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Cnidoscolus stimulosus (Spurge nettle), a plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) Cnidoscolus texanus (Texas bullnettle), another Euphorbiaceae
Urticating hairs of a stinging nettle. The most common form of urticating hairs in plants are typified by nettles, which possess sharp-pointed hollow bristles seated on a gland that secretes an acrid fluid. The points of these bristles usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
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