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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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PILEA NUMMULARIFOLIA (Sw.) Wedd.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 18:255. 1852.
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Synonym
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Urtica nummularifolia Sw. in Svensk. Vet. Akad. 8:63, P1. I, f. 2. 1787.
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Description
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Stem repent or trailing, rooting at most of the nodes, villosulous; stipules per- sistent; leaves almost orbicular, 5-12 mm. wide, crenate, usually strigillose with stiff, hyaline hairs on both surfaces, the cystoliths inconspicuous; plants dioecious or occasionally monoecious, the staminate flowers usually clustered in the uppermost axils, the pistillate in dense, short-peduncled cymes; achenes barely 0.4 mm. long.
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Distribution
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West Indies to Venezuela and Amazonian Peru; sometimes cultivated.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: in Powell's garden, Standley 28555, 41191.
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