: This species can grow up to 40 meters tall. While its sting is slightly less severe than the Gympie-Gympie, it still causes intense, long-lasting burning pain. Native and Common Nettles
Stinging plants - stinging trees, Gympie-Gympie and stinging nettles australian nettle
: Its heart-shaped leaves are covered in microscopic, needle-like silica hairs that inject a potent neurotoxin. The pain is described as being simultaneously electrocuted and burned with hot acid. : This species can grow up to 40 meters tall
Other plants referred to as nettles are smaller and less dangerous, though they still possess stinging hairs. it still causes intense
