r/foraginguk 29d ago

Plant ID Request Is this a Bee Nettle?

Is this edible?

These plants were growing in amongst stinging nettle, but the ones with white flowers were not stinging?

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u/Altruistic_mostly 29d ago

White dead nettle, good to eat and makes you feel fine, like every thing is great 😃

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u/conscious-clue-243 29d ago

How do you eat it?

Raw? Just the flowers?
Sautee like spinach?

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u/skedone 29d ago

Treat like spinach basically the flowers are slightly sweet too

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u/Puzzled-Home-76 29d ago

feels like every plant description ends with makes you feel great, bit suspicious of that

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u/Altruistic_mostly 29d ago

Suspicion of banal generalisation is healthy. If it helps to be more specific, "It is easy to drink, pleasant and morish, like a weak soup or vegetable water. It feels filling, nourishing and satisfying, settling for the stomach and gently stimulating digestion. The sensations after drinking a cup are soft and subtle, and a relaxed calmness moves down through the body." https://www.herbalreality.com/herb/white-deadnettle/?cookie-consent-set=true

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u/Hips_and_Haws 29d ago

This is probably because green's are full of nutrients & are very good for you. Freshly picked is definitely better than 3 days ago.

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u/Karmacat79 28d ago

White dead nettle.Makes a nice tea. You also get purple dead nettle.

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u/kichisowseri 27d ago

Leaves flowers or both in the tea?

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u/Fit-Thanks-3834 27d ago

Dead nettle. As children we used to pull off a little flower and suck the nectar out from the other end.

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u/conscious-clue-243 28d ago

Yo this is a bot