Elatostema umbellatum is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family (Urticaceae). It is native to Japan, where it is found from the Kantō region westward.[1][2] Its natural habitat is in moist, deeply forested places in the mountains.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Elatostema |
| Species: | E. umbellatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Elatostema umbellatum | |
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Elatostema japonica | |
It is a perennial, growing 20 to 30 cm tall. It has serrated leaves, 3 to 6 cm long, with up to 5 teeth per side. It produces umbels of small flowers from March to May.[3]
It is similar to the wider-ranging and more robust Elatostema involucratum, which has been considered a variety of Elatostema umbellatum by some authors (as E. umbellatum var. majus).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 389.
- ^ Elatostema japonicum (in Japanese), Flora of Mikawa
- ^ Elatostema japonicum Prof. Summer's Web Garden