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    known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a...
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    Urtica (redirect from Nettles in folklore)
    in the family Urticaceae. Many species have stinging hairs and may be called nettles or stinging nettles (the latter name applying particularly to U....
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    Nettle soup is a traditional soup prepared from stinging nettles. Nettle soup is eaten mainly during spring and early summer, when young nettle buds are...
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    than non-stinging hairs. Many plants with stinging hairs have the word "nettle" in their English name, but may not be related to "true nettles" (the genus...
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    Urtica urens (redirect from Small Nettle)
    introduced species. It is reputed to sting more strongly than common nettle. Unlike the perennial and dioecious stinging nettle Urtica dioica, Urtica urens is...
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  • have stinging hairs. Plants called "nettle" include: ball nettle – Solanum carolinense bull nettle Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle Cnidoscolus...
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    Tragia involucrata, the Indian stinging nettle, is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the most used species of Tragia in ethnomedicinal...
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  • Nettle tree or tree nettle can refer to: Celtis Those names or stinging-nettle tree can also refer to the following plants with stinging hairs: Various...
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    México. The Pacific sea nettle earned its common name in-reference to its defensive, 'nettle'-like sting; much like the stinging nettle plant (Urtica dioica)...
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    stimulosus, the bull nettle, spurge nettle, stinging nettle, tread-softly or finger rot, is a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs, native to southeastern...
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    annual World Nettle Eating Championships as part of a charity beer festival. Competitors are served 2-foot (0.61 m) long stalks of stinging nettles from which...
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    moroides, commonly known in Australia as the stinging tree, stinging bush, or gympie-gympie, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae found in rainforest areas...
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    slender nettle, tall nettle, or American stinging nettle, is a perennial plant without woody stems that is well known for the unpleasant stinging hairs...
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    Lamium (redirect from Dead Nettle)
    Lamium album to the very distantly related stinging nettles, but unlike those, they do not have stinging hairs and so are harmless or apparently "dead"...
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    Urtica incisa (redirect from Scrub Nettle)
    Urtica incisa, commonly called scrub nettle, stinging nettle, and tall nettle, is an upright perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of eastern...
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  • Nettle agents (named after stinging nettles) or urticants are a variety of chemical warfare agents that produce corrosive skin and tissue injury upon...
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    galeopsifolia. Unlike most other nettles, fen nettle has no stinging hairs or very few, instead being covered in fine, dense, non-stinging hairs. It has long, narrow...
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    and various lepidopteran caterpillars. Urtica is Latin for "nettle" (stinging nettles are in the genus Urtica), and bristles that urticate are characteristic...
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    common nettle, Laportea canadensis has alternate leaves. The bulk of its foliage also grows notably high on the stem. When the stinging nettles come in...
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    caterpillar's primary host plant is the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica); it can also be found on the false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica). The adult butterfly...
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    Darna pallivitta, the nettle caterpillar or stinging nettle caterpillar, is a moth of the genus Darna and family Limacodidae. It is native to China, Taiwan...
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    discomfort. Stinging sea nettles are carnivorous. They generally feed on zooplankton, ctenophores, other jellies, and sometimes crustaceans. Sea nettles immobilize...
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    also called stinging trees, use their trichomes to inject a mix of neurotoxic peptides which causes a reaction similar to the stinging nettle, but also...
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    4-Divanillyltetrahydrofuran is a lignan found in an Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) subspecies. This same compound may also be found in other lignan-containing...
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    Urticaceae (redirect from Nettle family)
    The Urticaceae /ɜːrtɪˈkeɪsiː/ are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica. The Urticaceae include...
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    Baley, Christophe (May 15, 2008). "Study of the tensile properties of stinging nettle fibres (Urtica dioica)". Materials Letters. 62 (14): 2143–2145. CiteSeerX 10...
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    Urticaceae Parietaria pensylvanica, Pennsylvania pellitory Urtica dioica, stinging nettle Schiemann, Donald Anthony (2005). Wildflowers of Montana. Missoula...
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  • plants such as poison ivy (urushiol-induced contact dermatitis) or stinging nettle. It can also be caused by chronic kidney disease and related conditions...
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    milk, and, optionally, salt and pepper. It was sometimes made with stinging nettle rather than scallions. In some areas the dish is also called "poundies"...
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    In Catalonia (Spain) they use the leaves to cure the sting or paresthesia of the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). Leaves of various species Malva have...
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