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Thread #122142   Message #2675259
Posted By: Janie
08-Jul-09 - 07:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gardening: What's Edible?
Subject: RE: BS: Gardening: What's Edible?
What species of nettles are common in the UK?

In my region of the USA the most common are urtica chamaedryoides (commonly called heart leaf nettle here, and urtica dioica (stinging nettle). There are also two other plants that are not urticas, boehmeria cylindrica (false nettles), and laportea canadensis, (wood nettle.) Wood nettle is edible. False nettle is not.