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Urticaceae

Pilea serpyllacea (Kunth) Liebm.

Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Pilea

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Pilea serpyllacea: Artillery Stoplight or Mexican Artillery (Pilea serpyllacea) can be found in the glass-house of Botanical garden of Tartu University, Estonia
Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Synonyms

  • Adicea thymifolia (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Pilea globosa Wedd.
  • Pilea thymifolia (Kunth) Blume
  • Urtica dasyphylla Poepp. ex Wedd.
  • Urtica globifolia Ruiz ex Barreiro
  • Urtica globosa Pav. ex Wedd.
  • Urtica serpyllacea Kunth
  • Urtica thymifolia Kunth

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.