Stinging Nettle

Botanical Name: Urtica dioica

Family:  Urticacea

Common Names: The Monster of the Woodlands
 

Bristly herb with few branches. Has a height from 3-6 feet and a width of 2-3 feet.  Even a slight pressure releases fluid from a capsule at the base of each hollow stinger hair.  Handle with CARE!
leaf: oval, coming to a point, deeply serrated around the edge, downy covered with stinging hairs to 6 inches long.

flower: The flowers are small, white, loosely clustered.