[Bitsy]

You really know yur stuff. Are nettles found in the South? Do you just eat the leaves? How can one eat something that is so toxic to the skin?

[stormer]

Here’s the USDA page on Uritca dioica (stinging nettle). http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=URDI Looks like it’s found everywhere except Arkansas.

[stormer]

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Nettle.html

[TigersEye]

The sting in Nettles if from formic acid. The same thing that makes an ant bite sting. Heat destroys the formic acid.