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Urticaceae

Mother of thousands

Soleirolia soleirolii (Req.) Dandy

Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Soleirolia

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Mother of thousands: Soleirolia soleirolii leaf
Photo: Hugo.arg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)
arz
سوليروليا سوليرولى
Chinese
金钱麻
Danish
Husfred
Dutch
Slaapkamergeluk
English
Mother of thousands
Finnish
Kodinonni
German
Bubikopf, Bubiköpfchen
Lithuanian
Gulsčioji elksinė, Elksinė, Soleirolija
Norwegian Bokmål
Husfred
Norwegian Nynorsk
Husfred
Persian
چمن عروس
Slovenian
Družinska sreča
Swedish
Hemtrevnad
Turkish
Arapsaçı
Welsh
Mam miloedd

Synonyms

  • Helxine soleirolii Req.
  • Parietaria repens Soleirol ex Mutel
  • Parietaria soleirolii (Req.) Spreng.
  • Soleirolia corsica Gaudich.
  • Soleirolia corsica Gaudich.
  • Soleirolia repens Kuntze

Characteristics

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

Photos

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.