Stinging Nettle

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