Urticaceae
Pilea
Pilea rivularis

Pilea rivularis var. rivularis

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Urticaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Stems lax, creeping and rooting, with erect smooth branches to 2 ft. high
Ecology
Terrestrial or epiphytic; in montane forest.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0