#Common nettle

[brayjts]

Urtica dioica

[reddirttown]

Language of Flowers: Common Nettle

In the language of flowers, there is a designated flower for each day. Today, October 31, that flower is Common Nettle, which signifies spitefulness. Image above from Wikipedia. Urtica dioica, often known as Common Nettle or stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) was originally native to Europe, but is now found worldwide. Common Nettle has a long history of use as a…

[ride-thedragon]

Correlation doesn't equal causation but I'm like 80% sure pyramids by Frank Ocean was written about Nettles.

[alihartwrites]

Foraging Today [21 March 2024]

Common Ground-Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

Rough Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)

Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Purple Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)

Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

[nonuggetshere]

Just like on feather's blog: VIBE CHECK! How are you today/tonight?

HELLO, just came back home after a 4 hour walk with my mum :] We went to an ice cream shop, best ice-cream in the city if you ask me (would KILL for their salted carmel) and I took some pictures on Seek so I'd say my day was pretty great

Also, found a new queer bar :D

And finally completed my arthropod challenge on Seek thanks to this little guy (it's an European Firebug!)

[the-jellydex]

Jellyfish Common Names vs Scientific Names

Those who've known me for a while know that I typically prefer remembering a jellyfish's scientific name over their common name, but why?

Well... it's mostly for simplicity's sake. Jellyfish have been around a lot longer than humans have, and as a result, many species have accumulated multiple confusing and misleading names. It's just easier to know them by scientific name, which typically have more of the truth in mind.

Many more don't even have a common name... so it's also sort of a thing I do to keep things consistent.

Also, some scientific names are really cool. Like for this jellyfish:

Would you rather call it the "Black Sea Nettle" or the Chrysaora achlyos? (I talk about the etymology here if you're interested in knowing the names of the Greek Deities that make up its name. It's very cool and would take way too long for me to explain on this post)

[jaenara]

For hotd, do you guys think when we get Nettles taming Sheepstealer, the show will subtly hint that her dragonseed blood isnt that strong - that you don’t technically need to be a targ to ride a dragon. Just have the right magic. Or food

[donuts4evry1]

lets ramble abot my first jellyfish oc(s)

Since I'm not planning on making this idea into an actual game anymore, all lore is fair rambling game :)

Their full names are as follows:

Aurealis Aurita Vita (15) and Chrestos Chironex Vita (11)

they are brothers :)

I'll ramble under the cut, hehe

Aurealis Vita was born to Pleione Vita and Chryos Vita, two prominent figures in the noble society. He hails from a kingdom of human-marine animal hybrids, operating under a monarchy of crown jellyfish.

Aurealis themself was a hybrid with moon jellyfish (Aurelia labiata, to be exact) as well as his mother, while his father was a hybrid of a black sea nettle. As a sort of hybrid species, their hair acts like jellyfish tentacles. This fact will be important later.

Chryos was... not the best father, but his mother was loving and warm, so his early years were great.

Then came Chiro.

Aurealis was only 4 years old when Chiro was born and his mother died.

All the odds were against her with the birth. Coming from a long line of box jellyfish hybrids, there was a small chance that she could give birth to one.

Even then, newly born box jellyfish hybrids usually don't have venom potent enough to kill, but Chiro was different. His venom was unusually strong, and Pleione died in childbirth.

Everything changed then. Chryos upgraded from a not good father to an absolutely terrible father- often showing preferential treatment to Chiro and berating Aurealis for not meeting his standards. Sometimes verbally, other times physically. Sorry :(

Chiro himself was a precocious child, showing more interest in books than others. He quickly grew to be more smarter and competent than Aurealis, and stronger too. He often injured Aurealis on accident on account of his deadly hair, which would grow longer or shorter depending on his emotional state.

He still was not happy, however. He longed for affection and validation that didn't come from his father- which only came when he did something destructive.

The servants obviously feared him, and no matter how nice he was, he couldn't help but feel self conscious about their nervous demeanor around him.

Aurealis loathed Chiro, and she would bully him to make themselves feel better. He took the bullying- even internalizing it, because he felt as if his own existence were the cause of all the problems. Admist all that, he gained an interest in nematocytes, and spent much of his time studying them, and finding cures and uses for them.

Eventually, Aurealis had enough of life at home, and ran far, far away, to a whole other place full of different people and different... Everything, really. Leaving Chiro alone. Leaving everything they knew behind.

Honestly, their story came out of a desire for me to write something wholly dramatic and emotional, and I really liked it. I could develop it so much.

I latched onto Aurealis in particular, because her story involved heavy themes of self-hatred and the different ways to cope with it. They belittled others, they acted the opposite of the way they actually felt in a "fake it til you make it" sort of way (ie. ore-sama like). Of course, I give him a redemption arc, but they eventually have to deal with the fallout of their actions and I think that's great :).

Chiro, on the other hand, dealt a lot with gifted kid burnout and a different sort of self-hatred. He feels immense guilt for events that he had no control over, and seeks to fix them. He doesn't feel worthy if he doesn't have anything of worth to offer anyone, and his story is just. Incredibly sad.

Especially since terrible things could happen to him (I haven't decided yet tbh). Which I will ramble about in a different post. All I will say is that I named his theme is named "Lethe" for a narrative reason, hehe.

So anyways. They're the perfect comfort characters.

Recently I've been super into writing the brothers as adults (hence the florist Aurealis) and... Ugh. I've been missing them more and more lately, especially since I still need to write and design for Ite!

[bluesman56]

Common Brown by Tony

[spectrum-color]

Lant is so desperate for Chades approval it’s both funny and sad. Daddy issues seem to be a thing for Farseer bastards

[dansnaturepictures]

20th August 2023: The Titchfield Canal and Hill Head

Photos taken in this set: 1, 2 and 10. Beautiful views at Hill Head out to sea and looking into Titchfield Haven, it was so great to be out in the sun with the bright blue sky and sea on a lovely day. 3. Alluring Banded Demoiselle which it was great to watch at the canal. 4. My first Common Nettle-tap moth of the year, one I saw last year a distinctive minute one that caught my eye in a bindweed flower though they're known for being found around nettles which there was an abundance of here. A good species to add to my year list to allow it to overtake my 2021 moth year list total to make this year my second highest ever. 5. A great feeding scene with Mallards and a Mute Swan cygnet at Hill Head. 6. A sumptuous male Common Darter which it was a delight to observe flying and still today, a dragonfly I always enjoy seeing. 7. Views at the canal which was an vibrant emerald scene in the sunlight, I enjoyed a great rich approaching late summer light today. 8. Scarlet hawthorn berries looking nice against the bright blue sky. 9. One of a few gorgeous Turnstones seen at the harbour, one in fine plumage. I relished seeing these birds and photo opportunities against the sea sparkling in the sun. I felt sweetly nostalgic as these birds you so often see here were one of the very first birds I saw and my first wader early in my birdwatching days on our really life changing visits here in 2007 to Hill Head and into the haven as the key moments to get me hooked in the time of my fledgling bird interest by allowing me to watch them. This place and species are so special to me, I enjoyed seeing some on a raft with Black-headed Gulls in the haven too.

We got some amazing views of one of my favourite birds Buzzards soaring through the blue sky at the canal and getting stunning views of them sat in a tree and hearing their constant sharp calls for a bit which was great. A powerful wild moment this weekend. Here also I enjoyed seeing Kingfisher, Raven, possible Sparrowhawk, Black-tailed Godwits, Egyptian Goose, Teal, Swallow and Lapwing and hearing Green Woodpecker well. On the way at the bridge there was a Moorhen in the water as there always seems to be, and Coot, another strong Sandwich Tern view of late, Great Black-backed Gull, Starlings on the boat masts as I've seen here before and Sand Martin great to see at Hill Head with Cormorant seen at both. At the canal Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, stunning Southern Hawker flying around and Nursery web spider were other marvelous insects to see. Key flowers seen whilst out today were a wet area trio comfrey, purple loosestrife and hemp agrimony, black medick or hop trefoil, common mallow, rock samphire and field sow-thistle by the shore, nightshade and yarrow. Rose hips were nice to see too. Another captivating and varied wild weekend centring on two similar areas.

[thebotanicalarcade]

n8_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: D. Io. Hieron. Kniphofii pathol. et prax. in Acad. Erfurt. prof. publ. ordin. facult. med. senior. et adsess. primar., Acad. Caesar. nat. curiosor adiuncti, et bibliothecarii Botanica in originali, seu, Herbarium vivum : Halae Magdeburgicae :Opera et studio Ioannis Godofredi Trampe, typographi halensis,MDCCLVIII-MDCCLXIV [1758-1764]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60734182

[headspace-hotel]

The knowledge of some common plants

Since many people don't know most of the plants around them, this is information on some plants that are commonly seen in many places throughout the world

This is Lamium purpureum, also called Purple Deadnettle.

It's called deadnettle because it looks like a nettle but it doesn't sting you

This plant is a winter annual—it grows its leaves in the fall, lasts through the winter, and blooms and dies in the spring

Its pollen is reddish orange. If you see bees with their heads stained reddish orange, it is likely because they have visited Purple Deadnettle

This is Trifolium repens, white clover

It is a legume (belongs to the bean family) and fixes nitrogen using symbiosis with bacteria that live in little nodules on its roots, fertilizing the soil

It is a good companion plant for the other members of a lawn or garden since it is tough, adaptable, and improves soil quality. According to my professor it used to be in lawn mixes, until chemical companies wanted to sell a new herbicide that would kill broadleaved plants and spare grass, and it was slandered as a weed :(

It is native only to Europe and Central Asia, but in the lawns they are doing more good than harm most places

Honeybees love to visit clover

Four-leaf clovers are said to be lucky

This is Achillea millefolium, Common Yarrow

It has had a relationship with humans since Neanderthals were around, at least 60,000 years, since Neanderthals have been found buried with Yarrow

Its leaves have been used to stop bleeding throughout history, and its scientific name comes from how Achilles was said to have used Yarrow to stop the blood from the wounds of his soldiers. A leaf rolled into a ball has been used to stop nosebleeds

It is a native species all throughout Eurasia and North America

This is Cichorium intybus, known as Chicory

The leaves look a lot like dandelion leaves, until in mid-spring when it begins growing a woody green stem straight up into the air

Like many other weeds, it has a symbiotic relationship with humans, existing in a mix of domesticated or partially domesticated and wild populations

It is native to Eurasia, but widespread in North America on roadsides and disturbed places, where it descended from cultivated plants

Its root contains large amounts of inulin, which is used as a sweetener and fiber supplement (if you look at the ingredients on the granola bars that have extra fiber, they usually are partly made of chicory root) and has also been used as a coffee substitute

A large variety of bees like to feed upon it

This is Phytolacca americana, known as Pokeweed

It is easily identified by its huge leaves and its waxy, bright magenta stem

It can grow more than nine feet tall from a sprout in a single summer!

If you squish the berries, the juice inside is a shocking magenta that is so bright it almost burns your eyes. For this reason many Native American people used it for pink and purple dye.

It is a heavy metal hyperaccumulator, particularly good for removing cadmium from the soil

All parts of the plant are poisonous and will make you very sick if you eat them, however if the leaves are picked when very young and boiled 3 times, changing out the water each time, they can be eaten, and this is a traditional food in the rural American Southeast, but I don't want to chance it

British people have introduced it as a pretty, exotic ornamental plant. I think that is very funny considering that here it is a weed associated with places where poor people live, but maybe they're right and I need to look closer to see the beauty.

If you see magenta stains in bird poop it is because they ate pokeweed berries- birds can safely eat the berries whereas humans cannot

This is Plantago lanceolata, Ribwort Plantain

It grows in heavily disturbed soils, in fact it is considered an indicator of agricultural activity. It is successful in the poorest, heaviest and most compacted soil.

The leaves, seeds, and flower heads are said to be edible but the leaves are really stringy unless they are very young. Of course, it is important to be careful when eating wild plants, and make sure you have identified the plant correctly and the soil is not contaminated

I have also heard the strings in the leaves can be extracted and used for textile purposes

and that's some common plants you might often see throughout the world

[faguscarolinensis]

Achillea millefolium 'Sassy Summer Taffy' / 'Sassy Summer Taffy' Yarrow at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

[unkn0wnvariable]

Common Nettle-tap by Oliver Andrews Via Flickr: A very small common nettle-tap moth, sitting on a leaf at Felmersham Gravel Pits.

[hellsitegenetics]

can you do jerma's meat grinder monologue?

Okay, if I... if I chop you up in a meat grinder, and the only thing that comes out, that's left of you, is your eyeball, you'r- you're PROBABLY DEAD! You're probably going to - not you, I'm just sayin', like, if you- if somebody were to, like, push you into a meat grinder, and, like, your- one of your finger bones is still intact, they're not gonna pick it up and go, "Well see, yeah it wasn't deadly, it wasn't an instant kill move! You still got, like, this part of your finger left!" NO I'M NOT GONNA PUT YOU INTO A MEAT GRINDER. I'M NOT GONNA PUT YOU INTO A MEAT GRINDER. NO. I'm making a reference to the fact that, like, if I, like, if I were to get fucking KILLED... I don't know, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'. If- if- okay, if you were to- okay we're gonna take humans out of this, if alien Globgobglobgo 1 fuckin' shoots a disintegrating ray at alien Globglo 2, if there's only fucking TEETH LEFT, it's- it's fucking you're dead, you're dead.

"If I were to put you in a meat grinder," goddamnit, it's so fucked up! You understand what I'm sayin' though, I'm not actually saying that I'm going to put somebody in a meat grinder, goddamnit. Whatever.

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Closest match: Urtica urens genome assembly, chromosome: 8 Common name: Small nettle