Urticaceae FAMILY
Elatostema involucratum
Elatostema involucratum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
Succeeds in full and in partial shade. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if seed is to be produced. However, this species also forms bulbils along the stems which can be used for propagation.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Elatostema+involucratum>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
- [2]Aroma-active Compounds of Elatostema laetevirens and Elatostema umbellatum var. majus — Miyazawa M. et al · 2009 · ISBN 1345-8957 ↩︎