Urticaceae
Creeping charlie
Pilea nummulariifolia
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Pilea
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 古錢冷水花, 泡叶冷水花
- English
- Creeping charlie
- Malayalam
- ചാർളി വള്ളി
- Portuguese
- Dinheiro-em-penca
Synonyms
- Adicea nummulariifolia (Sw.) Kuntze
- Urtica nummulariifolia Sw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nagarazoku, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nagarazoku, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nagarazoku, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keenan Pepper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nagarazoku, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.