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False Nettle (Boehmeria)

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False Nettle Genus Details

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The nettle family is widely dispersed in tropical and temperate regions. False nettles are usually unbranched and are not armed with stinging hairs, unlike most species of nettles. The leaves are opposite along the stem, and the flowers are small and imperfect. One of the species within this genus, Boehmeria nivea, has been used during war-time to manufacture gas-mantles for gas masks and is consumed in third world countries because of their richness of minerals.

False Nettle Allergy Info

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The allergenicity of false nettle has not been studied extensively, but many other species in the nettle family evoke severe pollinosis.

False Nettle Pollen Description

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Pollen grains are oblate-spheroidal to spheroidal, and are small with a rounded-triangular amb. The grains are 2-4 porate and the pores are circular.
Pollen grains are usually 12-15 micrometers.

Species in This Genus

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Allergenicity Legend:
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False Nettle (Boehmeria) is a genus of the URTICACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:

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False Nettle Genus Location

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The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States. Click the map to see a full scale version of these allergy areas.
  - Native, observed in a county
  - Introduced, observed in a county
  - Rarely observed

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