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Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica
-38.2482, 145.093
Field Notes
Description:
A herbacious perennial flowering plant. Small clusters of insignificant flowers. The plant has many small, stinging hairs called trichomes on its stems and leaves, predominately on the stems.
Notes:
Trichomes give a painful, itchy sting which can manifest as a rash.
Stinging nettle can be boiled and eaten! Once the nettle has been submerged in boiling water, the stinging effects of the nettle no longer apply.
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