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Pilea glaucophylla

Pilea glaucophylla
Photo: Agtx, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pilea glaucophylla, the silver-leaved artillery plant, is a small Colombian plant in the nettle family with silvery, pale-green leaves. Keep it in bright indirect light with evenly moist soil and humid air.

Family
Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil lightly and evenly moist, letting the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-draining, peat-based houseplant mix with some perlite.
Temperature
18–26 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate

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Pilea glaucophylla, the silver-leaved artillery plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae, native to Colombia.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pilea glaucophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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