deadnettle
Harmless nettle mimic
Deadnettle is a plant resembling stinging nettle but lacking the stinging hairs—hence "dead." The leaves look similar, but you can touch them without consequence.
Several species grow as common weeds in gardens and roadsides, producing small white, pink, or purple flowers.
The deadnettle had taken over the flower bed.
Having soft green stems
- perennialRecurring each year
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- whorlsSpiral arrangements around center
rhizomatous · shade-tolerant · woodland · ornamental · cultivar · variegated · purple · flowers
Having no venom delivery
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- resemblanceLikeness between things
- imitationCopy of the original
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
deception · camouflage · protective · harmless · nontoxic · nonpoisonous · safe · innocuous
Safe to consume
- wildcraftingGathering uncultivated natural materials
- greensLeafy edible plants
- saladCold dressed vegetables
- potherbPlant cooked as greens
forager · gathering · harvest · shoots · leaves · raw · cooked · sustainable
Relating to medicinal plants
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- tinctureHerb steeped in alcohol
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- poulticeMoist healing application
decoction · tea · astringent · anti-inflammatory · antioxidant · styptic · folk-medicine · topical
herbaceous
Having soft green stems
- perennialRecurring each year
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
whorls · rhizomatous · shade-tolerant · woodland · ornamental · cultivar · variegated · purple · flowers · pollinators
stingless
Having no venom delivery
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- resemblanceLikeness between things
- imitationCopy of the original
disguise · deception · camouflage · protective · harmless · nontoxic · nonpoisonous · safe · innocuous · benign
edible
Safe to consume
- wildcraftingGathering uncultivated natural materials
- greensLeafy edible plants
- saladCold dressed vegetables
potherb · forager · gathering · harvest · shoots · leaves · raw · cooked · sustainable · bushcraft
herbal
Relating to medicinal plants
poultice · decoction · tea · astringent · anti-inflammatory · antioxidant · styptic · folk-medicine · topical · compress
- weedsdandelion, crabgrass, thistle, ragweed, bindweed
- ground coversbugleweed, creeping phlox, ground ivy, ice plant, pachysandra
- groundcovergroundcover, ivy, clover, pachysandra, periwinkle
- mint familybasil, catnip, lavender, marjoram, mint
- spring wildflowersbloodroot, trillium, spring beauty, hepatica, mayapple