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Pilea cavernicola

Pilea cavernicola
Photo: Alex K. Monro, Y. G. Wei, C. J. Chen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Light
Shade
Native range
China (Guangxi)
Climate
subtropical

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Pilea cavernicola is a herbaceous plant about 0.5 meters tall, native to China. A sciophyte, it grows in very low light conditions in caves in Fengshan County, Guangxi, China.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pilea cavernicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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