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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boehmeria cylindrica
FAMILY
Urticaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about False Nettle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boehmeria cylindrica
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boehmeria cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Boehmeria cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-03-001:
Boehmeria cylindrica FAMILY Urticaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boehmeria cylindrica
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boehmeria decurrens
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boehmeria drummondiana
COMMON NAME:
False Nettle, Swamp-nettle
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bocy_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bocy_005_lvd
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_0556
July Haywood County? NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Inflorescence of small compact glomerules along leafless lateral branches, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090710_005
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090710_007
July Greenville County SC
Tiny flowers in small headlike clusters arranged along spikes in leaf axils, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Gill Newberry gn10_boehmeria_cylindric2
October
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Gill Newberry gn10_boehmeria_cylindrica
October
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbcylindrica_keowee1
Month Unknown
Similar to Laportea but it lacks stinging hairs and has opposite leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
COMPARE
False Nettle, Wood Nettle and Stinging Nettle
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Boehmeria cylindrica
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Boehmeria cylindrica
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Boehmeria cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Boehmeria cylindrica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-03-001:
Boehmeria cylindrica
FAMILY
Urticaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boehmeria cylindrica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boehmeria decurrens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Boehmeria drummondiana
213
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: swamp forests, bottomland forests, bogs, tidal marshes, other marshes, other wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish
4 sepals (staminate)/2-4 sepals (pistillate)
Petals absent
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p299
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p456
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p438
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p468
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p126
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p001
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p244
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p339
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p050
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p071
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p395
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