Urticaceae
Flameberry
Urera caracasana
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Urera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Flameberry
Synonyms
- Urera alceifolia (Poir.) Gaudich. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Urera alceifolia (Poir.) Gaudich. ex Wedd.
- Urera capitata var. pavonii Wedd.
- Urera caracasana var. miquelii (Wedd.) Wedd.
- Urera caracasana var. mitis Wedd.
- Urera caracasana var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd.
- Urera caracasana var. tomentosa Wedd.
- Urera corallina (Liebm.) Wedd.
- Urera densiflora Miq.
- Urera jacquinii Wedd.
- Urera jacquinii var. corallina (Liebm.) Wedd.
- Urera jacquinii var. miquelii Wedd.
- Urera jacquinii var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd.
- Urera jacquinii var. tomentosa Wedd.
- Urera jacquinii var. ulmifolia (Kunth) Wedd.
- Urera magna Britton
- Urera mitis (Vell.) Miq.
- Urera subpeltata Miq.
- Urera subpeltata var. morifolia Miq.
- Urtica alceifolia Poir.
- Urtica caracasana Jacq.
- Urtica chichicaztli Sessé & Moc.
- Urtica corallina Liebm.
- Urtica mitis Vell.
- Urtica tiliifolia Kunth
- Urtica ulmifolia Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos

Photo: Alex K. Monro, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Victor Farjalla, CC0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.