Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

A stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf hangs downward from its stem. The surface is mid-to-dark green with pale raised veins, shown in soft diffuse light and a very shallow depth of field that leaves the background a smooth gray-green blur. Fine hooked hairs and brown-tipped serrations are clearly visible along the margin and read like tiny needles in the frame.