Pilea herniarioides
Coll. Bot., index (see also plate 4 and text on facing page). 1821.
Basionym: Urtica herniarioides Swartz Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 8: 64. 1787
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Herbs, annual or short-lived perennial, 0.2-1 dm. Stems 5-10-branched, repent or prostrate, sometimes mat-forming. Leaf-blades broadly ovate to orbiculate, paired blades only slightly unequal, 1.5-6 × 1.6-5 mm, margins entire. Inflorescences crowded. Flowers ca. 0.2-0.3 mm across. Achenes uniformly light-brown, slightly compressed, ovoid-cylindric, ca. 0.4 × ca. 0.3 mm, pebbled.
Phenology: Flowering fall–spring (sporadically throughout summer).
Habitat: Hammocks, waste places
Elevation: 0-10 m
Distribution
Fla., West Indies, Central America, South America (Colombia)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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sessile +
light-brown +
free +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
mature +
pebbled +
0.3 +
dehiscing +
basifixed +
paired +
unequal +
deltate;linear +
arranged +
conspicuous +
unisexual +
stinging +
compact;lax +
crowded +
axillary +
spikelike +
dotted +
unequal +
equal +
simple +
opposite +
persistent +
hypogynous +
accrescent +
absent +
conic +
Coll. Bot., index (see also plate +
1821 +
longitudinal +
absent +
5-10-branched +
sessile +
deciduous +
absent +
deciduous +
absent +
Pilea herniarioides +
Pilea +
species +
opposite +
hypogynous +
hoodlike +
enlarged +
glabrous +
small +