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June 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Urticaceae |
| Scientific name | Laportea cuspidata (Weddell) Friis |
| Synonyms | Girardinia cuspidata Weddell; Laportea forrestii Diels; Laportea giraldiana E. Pritzel ex Diels; Laportea grossedentata C. H. Wright; Laportea macrostachya (Maximowicz) Ohwi; Sceptrocnide macrostachya Maximowicz |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) miyama-irakusa (ミヤマイラクサ, 深山刺草 [meaning: mountain stinging weed]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Myanmar | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 40-80cm tall. Leaves 8-20cm long. Flowers male inflorescences 5-10cm long, female inflorescences 20-30cm long, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Laportea cuspidata (Weddell) Friis |
| Girardinia cuspidata Wedd. |
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June 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
