1843 ‘R. Carlton’ I. xix. 159 They gathered a peculiar species of nettle, (called there nettleweed,) which they succeeded in dressing like flax.
1867 ‘T. Lackland’ i. 18 Their blackened skeletons..overgrown with nettleweeds and long grasses.
1993 J. S. Green Auction Block in 27 132 Third Wednesdays full moons Aunt Sue gathered nettleweed.