Boehmeria cylindrica(L.) Sw.

false nettle

WFO wfo-0000567455 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. a Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-15 / obs. 176067320
Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. b Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192473288
Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. c Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162353463
Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by natalie
fig. d natalie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 160748275
Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by natalie
fig. e natalie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 175637302
Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. f Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157461466
Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. g Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157375681
Boehmeria cylindrica, photographed by mefisher
fig. h mefisher, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157697963

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Flowering n = 539 observations

Peak flowering in Aug, from 539 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 39 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Boehmeria atrovirens Gand.
  • Boehmeria austrina Small
  • Boehmeria cylindrica f. cuneata F.Seym.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica subvar. phyllostachya (Miq.) Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica subvar. tomentosa Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. brachystachys Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. cylindrica
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. drummondiana (Wedd.) Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. elatior Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. genuina Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. gymnostachya Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. littoralis (Sw.) Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. phyllostachya (Miq.) Wedd.
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. scabra Porter
  • Boehmeria cylindrica var. tenerrima Blume
  • Boehmeria dasypoda Miq.
  • Boehmeria decurrens Small
  • Boehmeria drummondiana Wedd.
  • Boehmeria elongata Blume
  • Boehmeria florida Miq.
  • Boehmeria lateriflora Muhl. ex Willd.
  • Boehmeria littoralis Sw.
  • Boehmeria longifolia Gand.
  • Boehmeria phyllostachya Miq.

and 15 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.