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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 PARIETARIA (L.) Blume
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mus. Bot. Lugd. 2:48. 1856.
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Synonym
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Urtica Parietaria L. Sp. P1. 98 5. 1753. Urtica ciliaris L. Sp. PI. ed. 10, 1266. 1759. Pilea ciliaris Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 18:209. 1852.
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Description
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Plant herbaceous or suffrutescent; leaves of a pair (especially the petioles) somewhat unequal, the blades thin, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, rarely longer, acuminate at apex, rounded or subacute, sometimes sub- auriculate at base, 3-nerved, entire, usually ciliate, glabrous or sparingly strigillose with pellucid hairs, usually punctate beneath, the cystoliths linear or fusiform, usually inconspicuous; plants monoecious, the panicles 1 or 2 to an axil, shorter than the leaves, pedunculate, androgynous, or the upper almost wholly staminate and the lower pistillate; achenes minute, barely 0.5 mm. long.
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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Guatemala to Panama, on shaded banks and in moist forests,
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Elevation
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between 1000 and 2000 m.
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Distribution
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also in the West Indes.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Quebrada Velo, alt. 1800 m., Woodson d Schery 242; Chiquero, Boquete District, Davidson 549.
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