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- rstb.1991.0076 quote "... appearance of vegetative plants of white dead-nettles bear a close resemblance to stinging nettles . Stinging hairs deter soft-muzzled, grazing mammals, suggesting that dead-nettles are harmless Batesian mimics. However, many other labiates that do not closely mimic nettles have ovate leaves with serrate margins, so if this is a case of true mimicry, it may have involved rather little modification in leaf shape. ...".