Laetevirens Nettle (Urtica laetevirens)

Family: Urticaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Urtica laetevirens was originally in the database as Urtica laetivirens.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young leaves - cooked. A very nutritious food, high in vitamins and minerals, it makes an excellent spinach substitute and can also be added to soups and stews. — Young leaves - cooked.; A very nutritious food, high in vitamins and minerals, it makes an excellent spinach substitute and can also be added to soups and stews.; Only use the young leaves and wear stout gloves when harvesting them to prevent getting stung.; Although the fresh leaves have stinging hairs, thoroughly drying or cooking them destroys these hairs.

Habitat & North American Range

Woods in mountains, C. and N. Japan. Moist places in forests, thickets, along streams and river banks at elevations of 100 - 3500 metres in western and northern China. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)