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Pilea
Also called Clearweeds
Pilea is a large genus of about 600 to 700 species in the nettle family, mostly shade-loving herbs and shrubs from tropical and warm regions. Commonly grown houseplants such as the aluminium plant and friendship plant are the members most gardeners know, and they thrive in bright indirect light with even moisture.
Pilea, with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae.
It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand).
Pilea is of little economic importance; one species is used in Chinese traditional medicine (P. plataniflora).
Aluminium Plant · Depressed clearweed · Friendship plant · Rockweed · Pilea mollis · Chinese money plant · Pilea serpyllacea
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