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Old 02-06-2013, 07:37 PM   #1
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Old 02-06-2013, 07:45 PM   #2
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Just looks like normal stinging nettle to me but I can only tell the difference when dead nettle flowers...
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Old 02-06-2013, 07:49 PM   #3
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Looks like stinging nettle to me as we'll, you would know if you touched it obviously but dead nettle have white bell shaped flowers on them.
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I made that mistake of touching stinging nettle a long time ago, not nice at all lol x
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Old 02-06-2013, 08:04 PM   #5
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It doesn't sting, but I would really like a positive ID before I try feeding this to her.
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It should flower pretty soon so you will be able to tell I think they are all safe apart from henbit one but I could be wrong
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