Knowra Urticaceae Urticaceae Urticaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes nettles, pellitories, ramie, and related herbs, shrubs, and trees. Many species bear stinging hairs, but the family also includes plants without them.
Rosales : Rosales is an order of flowering plants that includes roses, elms, figs, and nettles. Urticaceae belongs to this order, alongside several families with very different flowers and growth forms.
Urtica : Urtica is a genus of herbaceous plants that includes the common stinging nettles. Its stinging species are the family’s best-known representatives.
Ramie : Ramie is a durable bast fiber obtained from the stems of Boehmeria nivea. This commercial textile fiber is one of the family’s most economically significant products.
Moraceae : Moraceae is a flowering-plant family that includes mulberries, figs, breadfruit, and paper mulberry. It is a close relative in Rosales, though its familiar fruits and latex contrast with many nettles.
Flower : A flower is the reproductive structure of angiosperms, containing organs that produce pollen and ovules. Flower structure helps distinguish Urticaceae genera, whose flowers are often small and unshowy.
Parietaria : Parietaria is a genus of non-stinging herbs commonly called pellitories. Pellitories show that Urticaceae includes nettle relatives without stinging hairs.
Nettle soup : Nettle soup is a dish made from cooked nettle leaves, which lose their sting when heated. Cooking makes some Urtica species useful as leafy vegetables.
Cannabaceae : Cannabaceae is a flowering-plant family that includes hemp, hops, and hackberries. Its placement near Urticaceae in modern classifications reflects their shared ancestry within Rosales.
Inflorescence : An inflorescence is a flowering shoot bearing one or more flowers in a characteristic arrangement. Many Urticaceae species bear compact clusters whose arrangement aids identification.
Boehmeria nivea : Boehmeria nivea, or ramie, is an East Asian perennial plant cultivated for its strong bast fiber. Ramie is a major fiber crop within the family.
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