Flowering Nettle [SEP] country of origin
away or going himself away, as he faces the harsh working life of the farmhand. Martin is described as a selfish, stupid, childish, selfpitying, obsequious, coward and false. Thus, there is no idealisation of the child.
The language in the novel has been described as knowingly childlike.
"Flowering Nettle" and its continuation "The way out" are partly autobiographical and show the hard and unsafe existence of an orphan child among the destitute in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century.
Urtica urens
Urtica urens, commonly known as annual nettle, dwarf nettle, small nettle, dog nettle or burning nettle, is a herbaceous annual flowering plant species in the nettle family Urticaceae. It is native to Eurasia and it can be found in North America and New Zealand as an introduced species. It is reputed to sting more strongly than the Common Nettle/Stinging Nettle.
Organism interactions.
In Europe, "Urtica urens" is one of the food plants of the small tortoiseshell butterfly ("Aglais urticae