Urticaceae
Pacific Island clearweed
Pilea peploides
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Pilea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 矮冷水花, 苔水花, 齿叶矮冷水花, 水石油菜, 矮茎冷水花, 地油子, 水下拉, 水苋菜
- English
- Pacific Island clearweed
- Korean
- 물통이, 제주큰물통이
Synonyms
- Adicea peplodes (Gaudich.) Kuntze
- Dubrueilia peploides Gaudich.
- Pilea peploides var. major Wedd.
- Pilea pygmaea Miq.
- Pilea taquetii Nakai
- Urtica peploides (Gaudich.) Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.