Pilea trianthemoides

Pilea trianthemoides, the artillery plant, is a species of shrubs or subshrubs in the family Urticaceae, native to Florida and the Caribbean islands, where it grows in waste places and moist thickets. It flowers year round.

Pilea trianthemoides
Pilea trianthemoides (Pilea serpyllifolia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pilea
Species:
P. trianthemoides
Binomial name
Pilea trianthemoides
(Sw.) Lindl.

Synonyms

  • Pilea microphylla var. trianthemoides
  • Pilea serpyllifolia
  • Urtica trianthemoides

References

    • GBIF entry
    • Swartz, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 8: 68. 1787


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