''Pilea trianthemoides'', the artillery plant, is a species of shrubs or subshrubs in the family
Urticaceae, native to
Florida and the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
islands, where it grows in waste places and moist thickets. It flowers year round.
Synonyms
* ''Pilea microphylla'' var. trianthemoides
* ''Pilea serpyllifolia''
* ''Urtica trianthemoides''
References
GBIF entry* Swartz, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 8: 68. 1787
trianthemoides
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