Artillery plant
പൈലിയ മൈക്രോഫില്ലবারুদ উদ্ভিদ
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Urticaceae
Also called Artillery Plant, Rockweed, Angeloweed, Joypowder Plant, Brilhantina
Formerly Dubrueilia microphylla, Parietaria microphylla, Urtica microphylla
When it flowers
Flowers June to April in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or biennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to N. South America and Peru, SE. U.S.A. to CaribbeanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension part; UF/IFAS part, shade
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–12 in; UF/IFAS 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 6–24 in; UF/IFAS 1–2 ft
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- GreenRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- 1.7 °C (USDA zone 10b)Read from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 4.4 °C; UF/IFAS -1.1 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Falso helecho de arroz, Golondrina
- root
- paquixiuitl
- Chinese
- 小葉冷水麻, 小葉冷水花, 小叶冷水花
- Portuguese
- brilhantina
- Chinese (China)
- 小叶冷水花
- Finnish
- sammalpiilea
- Japanese
- コゴメミズ
- Swedish
- mosspilea
- French
- Piléa à petites feuilles
- Thai
- ขมหิน, ขมหินใบน้อย, ไข่มด
- Russian
- Пилея мелколистная
- Hebrew
- פילית קטנת-עלים
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Pilea microphylla (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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