When you’re trying to avoid stinging nettle, consider these facts about the plant: It’s most common in previously cleared ...

Some plants avoid herbivory by decreasing their apparency ... to reduce grazing by large herbivores. For example, stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) produces trichomes that break easily when handled ...

Although nettles' presence is a flattering indicator that you have well-cultivated, fertile soil in your garden, there’s nothing lucky about coming in from the garden covered in tingling blotches ...

Stinging nettle is also known as common, slender or tall nettle; stingers, wild spinach, and devil leaf. Nettles are a ...