Sting no more!

The common nettle. In can be quite an itchy experiment when accidently touching it. Ouch!

But, hence, when the nettle bares flowers it will sting no more. You can safely touch every leaf, feel the hairs upon them. They sting no more.

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Joost Thissen

Lion

I didn't know that when it flowers it doesn't sting anymore. But the flowers are also green so it is not that easy to see.

You reminded me that I aslo had a stinging netle picture ready so I uploaded mine as wel. (Not meant as competition or so.) Posted 13 years ago
1. Ludo Sak
  
  Lion
  
  Grin, I did see and commented on that, before I saw this post. No troubles man. My grandfather told me about that, I always remembered and now tell my little daughter (who does not believe it yet and still doesn't want to touch:)). Mind: it must have flowered for at least a day for the toxins to stop working.
  
  Thanks for your comment and for adding another nettle shot! Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

Grin, added a video of eating (non flowering) nettles. Haha, I am actually going to try that;) Keep you informed! Posted 13 years ago

The Stinging nettle

Stinging nettle or common nettle, "Urtica dioica", is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and North America, and is the best-known member of the nettle genus "Urtica". The plant has many hollow stinging hairs called trichomes on its leaves and stems, which act like hypodermic needles, injecting histamine and other chemicals that produce a stinging sensation when contacted by humans and other animals.

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Similar species: Rosales

Species identified by Ludo Sak