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|accepted_name=Pilea pumila
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Manual,
|place=437. 1848
|year=1848
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|common_names=Clearweed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W1
|label=
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Urtica pumila
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 984. 1753
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|hierarchy=Urticaceae;Pilea;Pilea pumila
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Urticaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pilea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pilea pumila]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> 0.7-7 dm. <b>Stems</b> simple, erect. <b>Leaf</b> blades elliptic to broadly elliptic or ovate, paired blades equal, 2-13 × 1-9 cm, margins dentate. <b>Inflorescences</b> crowded to lax. <b>Flowers</b> ca. 1 mm across. <b>Achenes</b> uniformly light colored or with streaks of purple, compressed, teardrop-shaped, 1.3-1.7 × 0.6-1.1 mm, smooth or purple striations sometimes raised. <b>2n</b> = 24, 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Moist to wet woods, woodland margins, along streams, shaded waste places
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Asia.
|discussion=<p>Typical plants have leaf blades with cuneate bases and 3-11 rounded teeth on each margin; plants with rounded leaf bases and 11-17 less rounded or acute teeth on each margin have been called <i>Pilea pumila</i> <i></i>var.<i> deamii</i> (Lunell) Fernald (M. L. Fernald 1936) [Adicea deamii Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 10. 1913.]. Typical <i>P. pumila</i> also is found in eastern Asia, where three infraspecific taxa, <i>P. pumila </i>var.<i> pumila</i>, <i>P. pumila</i> var. hamaoi (Makino) C. J. Chen, and <i>P. pumila</i> var. obtusifolia C. J. Chen are recognized. This complex, which also includes <i>P. pauciflora</i> C. J. Chen, has been placed in <i>Pilea</i> series Pumilae C. J. Chen. Although the Asian plants are often vegetatively and florally indistinguishable from the North American plants, minor differences do occur in the achenes, especially in their markings and sculpturing when mature. Detailed studies are needed to clarify exact relationships.</p><!--
--><p>Native Americans used <i>Pilea pumila</i> medicinally to alleviate itching, to cure sinus problems, and to treat excessive hunger (D. E. Moerman 1986)</p>
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name=Pilea pumila
|authority=(Linnaeus) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Urtica pumila
|family=Urticaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Moist to wet woods, woodland margins, along streams, shaded waste places
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Manual,
|publication year=1848
|special status=W1;Illustrated
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|genus=Pilea
|species=Pilea pumila
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