Common name: Native Ramie
Boehmeria macrophylla Hornem. APNI* Synonyms: Boehmeria platyphylla var. austroqueenslandica Domin APNI*
Description: Shrub 0.5–2 m high, softly hairy, stinging hairs absent, dioecious.
Leaves opposite; lamina lanceolate to ovate, mostly 6–14 cm long, 2–8 cm wide, margins regularly toothed, upper surface ± scabrous; petiole 2–8 cm long.
Spikes 5–20 cm long, interrupted, clusters usually dense.
Achene enclosed in perianth. Fruits early autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Often grows in open rocky places along watercourses in rainforest, north from the Dorrigo area.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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