Flower ID: IMG_4129.JPG-08-21-2022 Flower name (scientific): Boehmeria cylindrica (Linnaeus) Swartz PY: 1788. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) bo-MEER-ee-ah sil-IN-drih-kah Flower name (common): Small-spike False Nettle Family name (common): Nettle Family name (scientific): Urticaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Named in honor of the German botanist Georg Rudolf Böhmer (1723 – 1803). Specific epithet: For cylindrical, referring to the unbranched flower spikes. Common name origin: This plant is in the nettle family, but has no stinging hairs, hence false nettle. The flower spikes are relatively short (compared with some other nettles), hence the qualifer small-spike. Flower description: Size: 0.08 to 0.12 inches (2 to 3 mm) Petal count: 0 (zero petals) flower appears 4-parted. Color: green or greenish-white Other: flower arrangement, Spike Plant description: Size: 16 to 40 inches (41 to 102 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple Size: Leaves about 5 to 15 cm long and 2 to 8 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, elliptic, lanceolate to broadly ovate (FNA), ovate or ovate-lanceolate (IL), lanceolate to elliptic, broadly elliptic, ovate, or broadly ovate (MB) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): August to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Forests, woods, meadows, swamps, bogs, marshes, streambanks, moist to wet, semi shade to sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.800017 Longitude: -91.507158 Altitude: 236.00 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV) In Canada: (NB, ON, QC) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Urtica cylindrica Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 984. 1753. Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na