Bull nettles

[CowboyRon]

I might have to get a nice bouquet of those for my mother in law. :laughing:

Just make sure that you're already out of her will.

 

[CowboyRon]

Thanks for all the replies.
I remember once my Uncle was thrown from his horse, and into a mess of these. It wasn't a pretty sight.

 

[Hay Dude]

Just make sure that you're already out of her will.

Bahahahaha :laughing:

 

[aczlan]

Not sure about bull nettles, but the sting of "regular nettles" around here goes away if you rub a burdock leaf on the affected spot until the skin turns green.

Aaron Z

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Yeah, we got plenty of them here. If anybody wants to get a start, I can fix you up. Just let me know how many you want, and I'll get you a price.

Actually, I've been trying to eradicate them on my place for 30+ years. Have to kill them with herbicide. No matter how many times you mow it down, it pops right back up. The tap root is huge.



That's so you know where to spray the 2,4-D!!!

BTW, we not only have the bullnettles, we have grass burrs (sand burrs), thistles, saw briers, as well as locust, prickly ash and hardy orange trees.

We have them here; have heard them called both bull nettles and stinging nettles. Encountered them one time when I wasn't wearing boots, and they are very painful. Although I haven't seen these all in the same place, we also have the sand burrs, thistles, green briars, locust trees, Mesquite and something called Goat Heads; another vicious type of sand burr. Have never seen prickly ash and hardy orange trees though...thank goodness. We have enough poison ivy and poison oak to make up for it...and don't forget ticks and chiggers.

 

[Bird]

Aaahh yes. I haven't seen any of those Goat Heads since I moved from Oklahoma.

 

[stuckmotor]

I ran across some kind of plant that stung and burned my hand and wrist. At the time I was deep into a project and washed off the affected area with what water I had and applied sunblock which was the only lotion available. After an hour it had pretty well quit stinging. The plant didn't look exactly like yours but I suspect it was some type of nettle. This was the only time I experienced this severe of a reaction to touching a plant in my then sixty-eight years.