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Stinging nettle
Urtica dioica L. var. gracilis Ait.
Plant Description:
- Tall, upright, square-stemmed plant
- Dark green leaves opposite to each other with a wide bottom coming to a point at the tip; leaves are covered in stinging hairs that contain small amounts of formic acid which can pierce the skin and cause skin irritation
- Greenish ball-like flowers in long, drooping clusters at plant top and at leaf axils
- Occur in sloughs, marshes and other wet depressions
- Leaves can boiled and eaten like spinach
- Can be made into a tea for treating kidney stones and congested lungs
- Found at Stops 3, 8, and 11
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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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