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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pilea pumila
FAMILY
Urticaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Greenfruit Clearweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 1938)
Adicea pumila
COMMON NAME:
Greenfruit Clearweed, Richweed, Coolwort, Canadian Clearweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm100721_078
July Greenville County SC
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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 jkm210824_3063
August 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 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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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
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, 1938)
Adicea pumila
1083
Forb
Annual
Monecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomlands, freshwater marshes, tidal marshes, disturbed wet ground, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish
Unisexual
3-4 sepals
Petals absent
3-4 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p438
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p468
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p071