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Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, [2] it is now found worldwide.
false nettle – Boehmeria; flame nettle – Coleus; hedge nettle – Stachys; hemp nettle – Galeopsis; horse nettle: Agastache urticifolia – horse-nettle; Solanum carolinense – ball-nettle, Carolina horse-nettle; Solanum dimidiatum – western horse-nettle, robust horse-nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium – bull nettle, silver-leaf nettle ...
Boehmeria cylindrica, with common names false nettle and bog hemp, [2] is an herb in the family Urticaceae.It is widespread in eastern North America and the Great Plains from New Brunswick to Florida to Texas to Nebraska, with scattered reports of isolated populations in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, as well as in Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
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 .
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After feeling the effects of trying to handle stinging nettle, Campbell Vaughn learns about its potential health benefits. Campbell Vaughn: The stinging nettle weed is well named, but also has ...
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. The fiber has historically been used by humans, and ...
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.