dead nettle
Harmless nettle mimic
Dead nettle is a flowering plant that resembles stinging nettle but lacks the irritating hairs—hence "dead" in the sense of harmless or inactive.
The leaves look similar enough to fool you, but touching them produces no sting.
Dead nettles belong to the mint family and are common in gardens and along roadsides.
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- weedUninvited plant
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- stingingCausing sharp pain
herb · herb garden · cottage garden · spotted · fuzzy · leaves · woodland · forest floor · groundcover · ground cover plant · white · pink · labiate · hooded · lip · creeping · shade · garden
- weedsdandelion, crabgrass, thistle, ragweed, bindweed
- foraged greensdandelion greens, lamb's quarters, purslane, chickweed, watercress
- ground coversbugleweed, creeping phlox, ground ivy, ice plant, pachysandra
- mint familybasil, catnip, lavender, marjoram, mint
- spring bloomscrocus, daffodil, tulip, hyacinth, snowdrop
- nettlestrichomes
stinging capability
dead nettlestinging nettle
Plant causing skin irritation
nettle · poison ivy · jellyfish · poison oak
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