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Old 08-08-2007, 05:07 PM posted to sci.bio.botany
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Default grasshoppers the likely intended victims of nettle was Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) the plant that evolution created as a reaction to humanity?

And, you may find quite a few other plants feel stinging on the lips:
try Borage, and Green Alkanet, for example.

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monique wrote:
Archie, don't think hide, think mouth: The muzzle, lips, gums, and
tongues of grazing animals are just as affected by nettles as bare human
skin.

M. Reed

a_plutonium wrote:

But I do not see how Urtica can penetrate the thick hides of most
grazing animals. I doubt that