| Family |
Urticaceae |
| Scientific name |
Boehmeria tricuspis (Hance) Makino var. unicuspis Makino |
| Synonyms |
Boehmeria gracilis C. H. Wright; Boehmeria paraspicata Nakai ex H. Hara;
Boehmeria tricuspis (Hance) Makino subsp. paraspicata (Nakai ex H. Hara)
Kitamura; Boehmeria tricuspis (Hance) Makino var. paraspicata (Nakai) H.
Hara; Duretia paraspicata (Nakai) Nakai |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kusa-ko-aka-so (クサコアカソ, 草小赤麻 [meaning: small aka-so
weed (aka-so = red petioles = Boehmeria tricuspis)]) |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China |
| Habitat |
Mountane forest edge |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=14 |
| Description |
Plants ca. 90cm tall. Leaves 5-10cm long. Flowers flowering in July to
August. Perennial plants. |
| Note |
Leaves of Boehmeria spicata, Boehmeria tricuspis and Boehmeria tricuspis var. unicuspis are clearly different from each other. |
