leafy vegetable as food source
leafy vegetable plant
Urticaceae
Urtica dioica
great nettle
stinging nettle
Urtica dioica L.
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WIKIPEDIA:Urtica_dioica
MANSFELD:7662
PLANTS:URDI
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DPNL 2003:13725
GRIN:40944
ITIS:19152
Stinging nettle or common nettle, *Urtica dioica*, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant, native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and North America, and is the best-known member of the nettle genus *Urtica*. The plant has many hollow stinging hairs called trichomes on its leaves and stems, which act like hypodermic needles, injecting histamine and other chemicals that produce a stinging sensation when contacted by humans and other animals. The plant has a long history of use as a medicine and as a food source.
nettle plant
stinging nettle
urtica spp.
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