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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pilea pumila
FAMILY
Urticaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pipu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pipu2_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100721_078
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120830_293
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
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JK Marlow jkm140809_451
August Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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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).
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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).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1436
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm230927_5605
September Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230927_5606
September Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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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).
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p438
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p468
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p341
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p071
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