Stinging Nettle

The first among to wake up in the Spring The award winner, comes with a sting Stinging Nettle pubescent and green Cannot touch the super herbal queen Urtica dioica is the botanic name Dioica is the one with European fame Tropical cousins are all not the same Strong and sharp, they can make you lame Each sting is a delicate hollow hair Stiffened with a tip of silica ware Swollen base that stores the venom with care Shoots its payload, touch, if you dare Transmitters are same as yours and mine Acytylcholine , serotonin and histamine If stung by nettles, remedy is close at hand Do not go far, Dock is where you stand