Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Male catkins which usually take on a reddish tinge. Classic stinging nettle leaves.

Stinging / Common Nettle (Male) (Urtica dioica) (02/09/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Male catkins which usually take on a reddish tinge. Classic stinging nettle leaves.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). A young one, not sure what gender it will be until it flowers.

Stinging / Common Nettle (Urtica dioica) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). A young one, not sure what gender it will be until it flowers.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Makro shot of why these guys sting! You can just about make out the base of the spines have a kind of tube/flask (see the one lower left) - that's where the irritant liquids are stored!

Stinging / Common Nettle (Urtica dioica) (01/09/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Makro shot of why these guys sting! You can just about make out the base of the spines have a kind of tube/flask (see the one lower left) - that's where the irritant liquids are stored!

Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. These are young female catkins - they droop more than male catkins.

Stinging / Common Nettle (Female) (Urtica dioica) (17/07/2021) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. These are young female catkins - they droop more than male catkins.

Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. These are young female catkins. You can just about make out the flowers with the squat, pale-green ovaries and the stigma tipped with a little white brush.

Stinging / Common Nettle (Female) (Urtica dioica) (17/07/2021) Horton Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. These are young female catkins. You can just about make out the flowers with the squat, pale-green ovaries and the stigma tipped with a little white brush.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). These are female fruits - are more angular than the spherical male ones (see later images).

Stinging / Common Nettle (Female) (Urtica dioica) (12/07/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). These are female fruits - are more angular than the spherical male ones (see later images).

Stinging / Common Nettle (Female) (Urtica dioica) (12/07/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Close-up of female fruits.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Male catkins, the flowers of which are spherical (rather than angular like the femaie flowers).

Stinging / Common Nettle (Male) (Urtica dioica) (10/07/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Male catkins, the flowers of which are spherical (rather than angular like the femaie flowers).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Note how these male catkins do not droop the way female catkins do.

Stinging / Common Nettle (Male) (Urtica dioica) (02/09/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Note how these male catkins do not droop the way female catkins do.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Male flowers are like mini usually reddish brussel-sprouts - you can just make out the anthers.

Stinging / Common Nettle (Male) (Urtica dioica) (01/09/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Male flowers are like mini usually reddish brussel-sprouts - you can just make out the anthers.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Makro shot of male flower - bear in mind these are really tiny - the four white stamens in a cross-shape with anthers attached.

Stinging / Common Nettle (Male) (Urtica dioica) (01/09/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Makro shot of male flower - bear in mind these are really tiny - the four white stamens in a cross-shape with anthers attached.