Boehmeria clidemioides
Boehmeria clidemioides
Safety & Hazards
Although members of the nettle family, plants in this genus do not have stinging hairs[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ].
Botanical Description
Boehmeria clidemioides is a perennial plant producing a cluster of stems that often become woody and persist. Variable in habit, it can be erect.and few-branched, or prostrate and ascending, laxly branched. It can grow from 40 - 300cms tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1106 Title The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision Publication Blumea 58, 2013: 85-216 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I. Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher Year 2013 ISBN Description A comprehensive revision of the genus. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a source of medicines and fibre. This species is known from at least 400 collections, many of which are recent, and occurs in innumerable locations, and in a wide range of habitats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 1106 Title The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision Publication Blumea 58, 2013: 85-216 Author Wilmot-Dear C.M. & Friis I. Website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea Publisher Year 2013 ISBN Description A comprehensive revision of the genus. ].