Pilea trianthemoides
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Pilea trianthemoides (Artillery Plant) is a species of shrubs or subshrubs in the Urticaceae
family, native to Florida
and the Caribbean
islands, where it grows in waste places and moist thickets. It flowers year round.
Urticaceae
Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...
family, native to Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
islands, where it grows in waste places and moist thickets. It flowers year round.
Synonyms
- Pilea microphylla var. trianthemoides
- Pilea serpyllifolia
- Urtica trianthemoides