Herbarium of the Bizarre

Stinging Nettle

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Meet the stinging nettle, a plant you don’t want to touch but might want to eat…or wear.


Alysse Creations: https://alysse-creations.info/

The website is in French, because they are in France.


Music by James Milor from Pixabay


Information provided by:

  1. Nettle as a distinct Bronze Age textile plant by C. Bergfjord, et al. (2012) https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fsrep00664
  2. https://www.britannica.com/plant/stinging-nettle
  3. Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica L.): Nutritional Composition, Bioactive Compounds, and Food Functional Properties by Hari Prasad Devkota, et al. (2022) https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fmolecules27165219
  4. https://theecologist.org/2009/aug/20/second-skin-why-wearing-nettles-next-big-thing
  5. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/stinging-nettle
  6. The medicinal chemistry of Urtica dioica L.: from preliminary evidence to clinical studies supporting its neuroprotective activity by Prabhakar Semwal, et al. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13659-023-00380-5
  7. https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-nettle-leaf
  8. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica
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    Herbarium of the BizarreBy Meredith Hemphill