Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Laportea

Characteristics

Herbs , annual or perennial, rhizomatous, with tuberous roots, 3-15 dm, sparsely to densely covered with stinging hairs and nonglandular, nonstinging hairs, stipitate-glandular hairs absent. Leaf blades narrowly to broadly ovate, 6-30 × 3-18 cm, base rounded, truncate, or broadly cuneate, not auriculate, margins regularly serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences with staminate and pistillate flowers in separate panicles, proximal panicles staminate, distal panicles pistillate. Staminate flowers ca. 1-1.5 mm across; tepals5, equal in length; stamens5, opposite tepals; filaments slightly longer than tepals. Pistillate flowers ca. 0.5 mm; tepals 2-4, appressed, inner pair as long as ovary; ovary compressed, nearly orbicular to crescent-shaped; style persistent, feathery, 2-3 mm or more. Achenes strongly compressed, ± orbicular, ca. 2-3 mm. 2 n =26.
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A herb. It has stinging hairs. The leaves are alternate and have long stalks. The leaves have teeth around the edges.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in rich moist soil in woods and along stream banks. It suits hardiness zones 3-8.
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Rich, moist, deciduous forests, often along seepages and streams from sea level to 2000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The young leaves and shoots are cooked and eaten. The leaves have stinging hairs that lose their sting after cooking. The leaves can be used for tea.
Uses experimental purposes fiber medicinal poison tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Antidote (fruit), Emetic (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (root), Diuretic (root), Urinary Aid (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber), Febrifuge (unspecified), Psychological Aid (unspecified), Witchcraft Medicine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Laportea canadensis leaf picture by Denise Smith (cc-by-sa)
Laportea canadensis leaf picture by Anthony Godoy (cc-by-sa)
Laportea canadensis leaf picture by Broodyeagle laroche11 (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Laportea canadensis flower picture by Michel G (cc-by-sa)
Laportea canadensis flower picture by Dayna Hillcrest (cc-by-sa)
Laportea canadensis flower picture by Swamp Walker (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Laportea canadensis fruit picture by ridgetownrick (cc-by-sa)
Laportea canadensis fruit picture by lindsay bates (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Laportea canadensis world distribution map, present in Canada, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30335783-2
WFO ID wfo-0001249424
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Laportea canadensis