OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pilea microphylla   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pilea microphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-05-003:

Pilea microphylla   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pilea microphylla

 

COMMON NAME:
Rockweed, Artilleryweed


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image of Pilea microphylla, Rockweed, Artilleryweed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_microphylla_77710

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Krome Bird Refuge

Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 0.5-1.8cm long, 1-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Pilea microphylla, Rockweed, Artilleryweed

Keith Bradley    kab_p_microphylla_77719

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Krome Bird Refuge

Stems trailing to ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pilea microphylla   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pilea microphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 059-05-003:
Pilea microphylla   FAMILY Urticaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pilea microphylla

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4111

Subshrub; Forb
Biennial/Short-lived perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Marl prairies, hammocks, pine rocklands, old rock and brick walls, urban areas, hammocks, especially in thin soil over limestone, per Weakley's Flora

Native at least to Florida, the original distribution unclear

Rare in Coastal Plain, a waif elsewhere

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

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

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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