Neighbor pointed out something like that in his shrubbery (I now forget what the sucker looked like.)
I thought.. [OK I Didn't 'think' much ...] Hmm.. do they Really sting?
So I touched it.
Mildly er, astringent? I thought. At first.
Later, not so mild. OK the name is Earned. Now I Know that, too.
(And no, I don't test certain Alkaloids in similar Duhh manner. Or this post would evanesce prior to being.)