Stinging Nettle

Then you already stay in canada? I wanted to meet you in this time was it would have been really cool! This plant, it stings? hihihihi Superb photo Laura! It's great the lighting we can see all the small veins and this beautiful green :))

It's true about the butterflies, where I live the stinging nettle is considered very important for many butterfly species. Also, the nettle is a good sign that there is abundant nitrogen in the soil.

Picked carefully and boiled, the leaves actually become edible!

Far too many of these things where I live, but apparently some butterflies really like them.

Nice picture, especially the illumination and you can see the tiny fragile hairs containing the toxin. Urtica dioica is very common where I live, I think I got a picture of it, too. Despite it's painful stings it's often used for tea, fertilizing of soil and my grandma claims the stings help against arthritis (o; . Furthermore they are edible, when washed as the hairs break and it's save to touch them.

Great photos with the light. I just posted a stinging nettle a few days ago. I hear you too Laura, I brushed up against it before I noticed it. Won't do that again!