红雾水葛(原变种) hong wu shui ge (yuan bian zhong)

Urtica sanguinea Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 501. 1826; Boehmeria nepalensis Weddell; Pouzolzia ovalis Miquel; P. sanguinea var. nepalensis (Weddell) Hara; P. viminea (Wallich) Weddell.

Leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, 3-14(-19) × 1.5-4(-6) cm, papery, abaxial surface sparsely or densely pubescent, base rounded or cuneate. Glomerules axillary, sometimes also on leafless lateral shoots. Achenes ovoid, ca. 1.6 mm. Fl. May-Jun. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.

Warm evergreen broad-leaved forests, thickets on slopes, edges of woods, dry valleys, roadsides; 300-2300 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, S Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].