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Stinging Nettle
(Urtica dioica)

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General Information: Stinging nettle, a member of the Nettle family, is a perennial plant with stiff, stinging hairs on the stem, growing 1’ to 4’ high.  Leaves are egg-shaped, have a heart-shaped base, and are coarsely toothed.  Blooming from June to September, the plant has greenish flowers in branched clusters.  Male and female flowers are on separate plants or branches.  It is primarily found in waste ground.

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Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  New York: Hafner Press.

Newcomb, L.  1977.  Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.  Boston: Little, Brown, and Company.