Stinging Nettle

• Size: 3-7'
• Seasonal Habits: Flowers in late spring, midsummer
• Toxicity: Non-Toxic

The leaves and stems are very hairy with non-stinging hairs, and in most subspecies, also bear many stinging hairs (trichomes or spicules), whose tips come off when touched, transforming the hair into a needle that can inject several chemicals causing a painful sting or paresthesia, giving the species its common names: stinging nettle, burn nettle, burn weed, or burn hazel.