![Stop and Smell the Stinging Nettle: Silicate Needles Can Pump Chemicals into Bikers' Skin, but the Plant is Also Super Useful - Singletracks Mountain Bike News Stop and Smell the Stinging Nettle: Silicate Needles Can Pump Chemicals into Bikers' Skin, but the Plant is Also Super Useful - Singletracks Mountain Bike News](https://images.singletracks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/fuller-nettle-.jpg)
Stop and Smell the Stinging Nettle: Silicate Needles Can Pump Chemicals into Bikers' Skin, but the Plant is Also Super Useful - Singletracks Mountain Bike News
![Beware the stinging nettle that is abundant in the wash and near the falls. Spearmint looking leaves, they attach irritating little hairs to your skin with the slightest touch. Beware the stinging nettle that is abundant in the wash and near the falls. Spearmint looking leaves, they attach irritating little hairs to your skin with the slightest touch.](https://mountainproject.com/assets/photos/climb/114582967_large_1531385926.jpg?cache=1632424988)
Beware the stinging nettle that is abundant in the wash and near the falls. Spearmint looking leaves, they attach irritating little hairs to your skin with the slightest touch.
![Rubbing stinging nettles on skin cures hayfever' claims man who swears by unusual remedy - Daily Record Rubbing stinging nettles on skin cures hayfever' claims man who swears by unusual remedy - Daily Record](https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article12687749.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/WA389107.jpg)