The stinging nettle is an herbaceous perennial plant developing properly in nitrogen-rich soil, blooms in June and September, and generally reaches two to four feet high (Ehrlich SD 2014). The flowering plant is originally from Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and western North America, and is the best-known member of the nettle genus Urtica (Urtica dioica 2017). It broadly spreading roots is very distinctively yellow. Nettle refers to the stinging within the plant, the leaves and stem are in the shape of a heart finely toothed and tapered at the closures, and blooms are yellow or red (Hanrahan, Frey2014). The most part of the leaves and stem produces chemical. The entire plant is protected with minor firm hairs. The hardened hairs changes into a needle also can infuse various chemicals such as acetylcholine, …show more content…
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