What was the prickly plant that gave me a rash?
2008-3-1 1:08:40 by Skinskin
It wasn't poison ivy. But i was in the woods yesterday and a plant with leaves that had lots of sharp little prickers on the edges brushed against my hand. It felt like a bee sting. My hand got welts where the leaves touched. The welts are gone buy my hand still kind of tingles.
i can't find pics online that match what i saw.
What was the prickly plant that gave me a rash?Was It nettle ?
What was the prickly plant that gave me a rash?Stinging Nettles.
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What was the prickly plant that gave me a rash?It may be the stinging nettle Urtica dioica of family urticaceae. Both the leaves and the stems are covered with brittle, hollow, silky hairs that were thought to contain formic acid as a defence against grazing animals; but recent research has revealed the cause of the sting to be from three chemicals - a histamine to irritate the skin, acetylcholine to bring on a burning sensation and hydroxytryptamine to encourage the other two chemicals.
What was the prickly plant that gave me a rash?Probably Nettles.
What was the prickly plant that gave me a rash?NETTLES. SOME PEOPLEL (ME INCLUDED) HAVE EXTREME ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO THESE IDIOTIC PLANTS.