Pilea trianthemoides
Appearance
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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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.
Synonyms
[edit]- Pilea microphylla var. trianthemoides
- Pilea serpyllifolia
- Urtica trianthemoides
References
[edit]- GBIF entry
- Swartz, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 8: 68. 1787