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Boehmeria virgata
Boehmeria virgata is a shrub or small tree from the nettle family (Urticaceae), native across tropical Africa, the western Indian Ocean, and tropical to subtropical Asia and the Pacific. It is a wild plant of wet tropical climates rather than a common garden or houseplant, so care is best matched to its moist, warm native habitat.
Boehmeria virgata is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae, native to a wide area, from tropical Africa, the western Indian Ocean, tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and the Pacific. It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Urtica virgata.
Smallspike false nettle · Boehmeria depauperata · Hawai'i false nettle · Large Leaf Falsenettle · Boehmeria virgata subsp. macrophylla · Chinese grass · Boehmeria ramiflora · False nettle
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boehmeria virgata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
