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plant description General - height 30-50 cm, plant covered in stinging hairs that cause skin irritation (Yellow Dock can be used to reduce irritation) Leaves - hairy all over, dark green, sharply toothed, opposite and growing cross-wise from each other Flowers - tiny, green, hang in dense clusters (female) or flower spikes (male), appear in summer parts used whole plant, leaves harvest whole plants for medicinal use are cut as flowering begins in summer and dried, for culinary use pick young leaf tips in early spring from plants less than 10 cm high

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