Urticaceae
Boehmeria japonica
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Boehmeria
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 大叶苎麻, 水禾麻, 野线麻, 日本荨麻
Synonyms
- Boehmeria pilushanensis Liu & Lu
- Boehmeria platyphylla var. japonica (L.f.) Wedd.
- Ramium japonicum (L.f.) Kuntze
- Urtica japonica L.f.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mik Frosty, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Mik Frosty, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: christine Lesca Maillard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: 宅經濟, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.