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Urtica dioica
Growing on disturbed periphery of garden and forest.
Spotted on Oct 16, 2011
Submitted on Oct 19, 2011
4 Comments
That is very interesting, ctsetan. I love all the things I learn on Project Noah!
in some parts of asia nettle leaves are eaten in the form of soup or else as normal vegetable. :) in Tibetan scripts, Milarepa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milarepa), a great yogi survived solely on nettle leaves and thats why we portray him bluish in appearance. :) ;)
Karen - I've heard that but haven't worked up the guts to eat it yet. Maybe in the spring...
Very tasty steamed - tastes kind of like baby leaf spinach!