Urticaceae
False stinger
Pipturus argenteus
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Pipturus
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Common names
By language (6)
- English
- False stinger, Native mulberry, White nettle
- German
- Australische Maulbeere
- Indonesian
- Senu
- Javanese
- Senu
- mad
- Bây-labâyan
- Tongan
- Tou
Synonyms
- Boehmeria argentea Linden ex K.Koch
- Morus paniculata Roxb.
- Urtica argentea G.Forst.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Joel Yuvienco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brendan McIntyre, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tjeales, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.