Urticaceae
Canadian clearweed
Pilea pumila
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Pilea
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- بيلا بوميلا
- Chinese
- 透茎冷水花, 透莖冷水花, 透莖冷水麻
- English
- Canadian clearweed, Canada clearweed
- gor
- Jelatang
- Japanese
- アオミズ
- Sundanese
- Piléa pumila, Daun kahitutan
Synonyms
- Adenia pumila (L.) Torr.
- Adicea deamii Lunell
- Adicea glabra Raf.
- Adicea pumila (L.) Raf. ex Torr.
- Adicea trinervia Raf. ex Torr.
- Adike pumila (L.) Raf.
- Dubrueilia pumila (L.) Gaudich.
- Pilea pumila f. pumila
- Pilea pumila var. deamii (Lunell) Fernald
- Pilea pumila var. pumila
- Urtica fasciculata Savigny
- Urtica pumila L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.