What kind of plant leaves little brown stinging hairs in your skin?

My arm has broke out in a rash due to this stinging plant i didnt see it but i know thats what it was. It left little brown hairs in a CircleWhat kind of plant leaves little brown stinging hairs in your skin?
Sounds like the Stinging Nettle. Here are several photos for you to take a look.


http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en%26amp;q=S鈥?/a>





The Stinging Nettle is a common plant to North Amertica as well as Europe, northern Africa and Asia.





Here is a page with some facts about the plant.


http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wil鈥?/a>





The Opuntia Family, of the cactus, is another plant that has fine stinging hairs (called 'glochids'). These hairs are very fine and hard to see.What kind of plant leaves little brown stinging hairs in your skin?
A cactus. You needn't have been to a dessert, many people have cacti as houseplants. You might not have even noticed brushing by it until the tiny hairs started stinging you later.


You don't need to worry about anything, it should go away in a day or two if you don't scratch it. (Try to brush off the hairs).
Yogi is correct. A Stinging Nettle. I have came across them hiking many times.