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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pilea pumila   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pilea pumila

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pilea pumila var. deamii

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pilea pumila var. pumila

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

Pilea pumila   FAMILY Urticaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Adicea pumila

 

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


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image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pipu2_001_lvd

        

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pipu2_004_lvd

        

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm100721_078

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm120830_293

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm140809_451

August    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3063

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Foliage shiny, bright green; leaves 3-veined from blade base to apex, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm130928_667

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Staminate and pistillate flowers in mixed, axillary, 1-sided panicles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm190913_1412

September    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves long-stalked, egg-shaped, coarsely toothed, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm190913_1436

September    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm230927_5605

September    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm230927_5606

September    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_pumila_clearweed_2

September        

Greenish flowers in short drooping clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Pilea pumila, Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed

JK Marlow    jkm111008_804

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

 

 

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 Flora of North America
Pilea pumila

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pilea pumila var. deamii

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pilea pumila var. pumila

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Adicea pumila

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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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