Pilea involucrata

Friendship Plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pilea
Species: P. involucrata
Binomial name
Pilea involucrata

Pilea involucrata is a bushy trailing plant which is sometimes cultivated, especially where high humidity can be provided, such as in a terrarium.[1] It is native to Central and South America.[2]

References

  1. ^ R.W. Henley, A.R. Chase and L.S. Osborne. "Pilea Production Guide: CFREC-A Foliage Plant Research Note RH-91-28". http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/foliage/folnotes/pilea.htm. 
  2. ^ "Pilea involucrata". Kemper Center for home gardening. http://www.mobot.org/GARDENINGHELP/PLANTFINDER/Plant.asp?code=B613. 

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