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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pilea pumila
FAMILY
Urticaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pilea pumila var. pumila
FAMILY
Urticaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Pilea pumila var. deamii
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)
Adicea pumila
COMMON NAME:
Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed
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JK Marlow jkm100721_076
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100721_078
July Greenville County SC
Foliage shiny, bright green; leaves 3-veined from blade base to apex, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm120830_291
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Leaves long-stalked, egg-shaped, coarsely toothed, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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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 jkm130928_667
September Spartanburg County SC
Staminate and pistillate flowers in mixed, axillary, 1-sided panicles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1412
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1436
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm111008_804
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve