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Urticaceae
Pilea Flower
Pilea peperomioides
Friendship, sharing, and good fortune.
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Pilea
- Native to
- Yunnan province, China
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 20–30 cm
- Sunlight
- bright indirect light
- Soil
- well-drained, peat-based
- Water
- moderate; allow to dry between waterings
- Hardiness
- 10–12
- Lifespan
- perennial; 10+ years indoors
Did you know
- Known as the 'friendship plant' because it produces abundant offsets that owners share with friends.
- A Norwegian missionary brought it from China in 1946, and it spread across Scandinavia by cuttings alone for decades.
- It was not formally identified by Western botanists until 1978, despite being a popular houseplant for thirty years.
- Its tiny flowers are rarely noticed because growers keep it for the distinctive coin-shaped leaves.
- Some Pilea species in the stinging nettle family can explosively release pollen clouds — earning the name 'artillery plant'.
Color meanings
White
generosity and communal spirit
Pale Green
fresh starts