Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) lives up to its name. Brush against the pesky plant, and you’ll instantly know you’ve encountered it. A run-in with stinging nettle leaves skin red and fiercely itchy.

You have to respect a plant that fights back. Try handling common nettle any other way than “with extreme caution” and you’re liable to wind up in a heap of pain, so immediate and piercing is its ...

IT is a well-known fact that the common nettle (Urtica dioica)yieldsa very strong bast fibre which was used in Great Britain until about 1860 for the manufacture of cloth. Since then its use has been ...

THE stinging effect of the common nettle (Urtica dioica, L.) is so well known that even a cursory reference to it seems to be superfluous. This stinging power of Urticaceæ is found to culminate in the ...

Stinging nettle is a pervasive plant that can cause skin irritation through needle-like hairs on its leaves. Effective methods to control or eradicate stinging nettle include mowing, hand-pulling, and ...