PLANTS Profile for Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray
Canadian clearweed

Symbol:

PIPU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Urticaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Bill Summers. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray

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Distribution:
Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray

View 19 genera in Urticaceae, 22 species in Pilea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray var. deamii (Lunell) Fernald. .

Pilea pumila var. deamii
Deam's clearweed

Distribution of Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray var. pumila. .

Pilea pumila var. pumila
Canadian clearweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Urticales
Family	Urticaceae – Nettle family
Genus	Pilea Lindl. – clearweed
Species	Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray – Canadian clearweed

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19130.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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