False Nettle

Boehmeria cylindrica

Habitat:
   Light: pt. shade -shade
   Moisture: wet -wet mesic

   Height: 2 -3 ft.
   Flowering Time: summer

Notes: upright perennial with spikes of inconspicuous, green flowers amidst the upper leaves; does not sting; butterfly host-plant for the question mark, comma and red admiral butterflies.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL