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 | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Pilea trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl.
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Synonyms
edit- Pilea microphylla var. trianthemoides
- Pilea serpyllifolia
- Urtica trianthemoides
References
edit- GBIF entry
- Swartz, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 8: 68. 1787