Description:You can find this perennial plant across waste ground, rubbish tips, ditches and wet woodland.
Stinging nettles are in flower from May to September. Nearly everybody has experienced their stinging powers.
This plant can grow to a height of 1.5m.
This example was collected at Hawkesyard Wood in Staffordshire by local naturalist Henry Reader in July 1923.
About this plant
This plant is now cared for by staff at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.