Categories David Red dead nettle by a tram stop Post author By David Post date 30 March 2017 Red dead nettle, flowering, by the Royal tram stop. The flowers, to me, look more purple than red. And while the plant looks a bit like a nettle, it isn’t actually one. That’s why it’s “dead”, that is, it doesn’t sting. ← Grey wagtail feeding, Tunstall Water Bridge → Racecourse rookery