View source for Pilea microphylla

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|accepted_name=Pilea microphylla
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Liebmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser.
|place=5, 2: 296. 1851
|year=1851
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|common_names=Artillery weed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Parietaria microphylla
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication_place=10, 2: 1308. 1759
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Urticaceae;Pilea;Pilea microphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Urticaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pilea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pilea microphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or short-lived perennial, 0.3-2 dm. <b>Stems</b> 10-40-branched, erect. <b>Leaf</b> blades spatulate to obovate, paired blades unequal, the larger 3-10 × 1.5-5.5 mm, the smaller 1.5-4 × 0.7-2 mm, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> crowded. <b>Flowers</b> ca. 0.5 mm across. <b>Achenes</b> uniformly light brown, slightly compressed, ovoid-cylindric, ca. 0.5(-1.1) × 0.3 mm, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering all year.
|habitat=Waste places, hammocks, rocky woods, cultivated plots, on masonry
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;S.C.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;tropical South America;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Pilea microphylla</i> has been collected once in Tennessee and once in Michigan, but it is unlikely that the species persists so far north. It is widely grown as a houseplant in the north and a border plant in the south. It is a greenhouse weed in various parts of the flora.</p>
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name=Pilea microphylla
|authority=(Linnaeus) Liebmann
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Parietaria microphylla
|family=Urticaceae
|phenology=Flowering all year.
|habitat=Waste places, hammocks, rocky woods, cultivated plots, on masonry
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Fla.;Ga.;La.;S.C.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;tropical South America;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., ser.
|publication year=1851
|special status=Illustrated;Weedy
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|genus=Pilea
|species=Pilea microphylla
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