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Boehmeria cylindrica
Also called Small Spike False Nettle, Bog Hemp, False Nettle, Swamp Nettle
Boehmeria cylindrica, with common names false nettle and bog hemp, is an herb in the family Urticaceae. It is widespread in eastern North America and the Great Plains from New Brunswick to Florida to Texas to Nebraska, with scattered reports of isolated populations in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, as well as in Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
The plant is an herb or subshrub up to 160 cm (63 in) tall, usually monoecious, but rarely dioecious. Leaves are usually opposite, though occasionally alternate, and the inflorescence is a spike with a tuft of small bracts at the apex.
B. cylindrica can be found across the North American continent into Central and South America. It is native to northeastern Canada through the majority of the United States from Maine to Florida and stretching towards South Dakota to California.
Boehmeria depauperata · Hawai'i false nettle · Large Leaf Falsenettle · Boehmeria virgata subsp. macrophylla · Chinese grass · Boehmeria ramiflora · Native Ramie · False nettle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boehmeria cylindrica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
