Urticaceae

Friendship plant

Pilea involucrata (Sims) C.H.Wright & Dewar

Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pilea

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Friendship plant: Friendship plant — Photo: Alexander Klink, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 巴拿馬冷水花, 巴拿马冷水花
English: Friendship plant
German: Eingehüllte Kanonierblume
Persian: پیلهآی پرپشت

Synonyms

Adicea chrysosplenioides (Wedd.) Kuntze
Pilea chrysosplenioides Wedd.
Pilea litoralis Urb.
Pilea pubescens var. involucrata (Sims) Wedd.
Urtica involucrata Sims
Urtica simsii Voigt

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Alexander Klink, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Marija Gajić, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.