NameThatPlant.net: Pilea pumila

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pilea pumila FAMILY Urticaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Greenfruit Clearweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pilea pumila FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-05-001:

Pilea pumila FAMILY Urticaceae

COMMON NAME:
Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pilea pumila FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pilea pumila FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-05-001:
Pilea pumila FAMILY Urticaceae

1083

Forb
Annual
Monecious

Habitat: swamp forests, bottomlands, freshwater marshes, tidal marshes, disturbed wet ground, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish
3-4 sepals
Petals absent
3-4 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green
Achene

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