Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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Pilea hamaoi / Mizu ミズ

Bloom time: September-October

   
Family:
 
Urticaceae /
Irakusaka


 

Species in the genus Pilea:


Pilea hamaoi / Mizu
Pilea japonica / Yamamizu
Pilea peploides / Kokemizu
Pilea petiolaris / Miyamamizu
Pilea pseudopetiolaris / Komiyamamizu
Pilea pumila / Aomizu

   

Pilea hamaoi / Mizu ミズ

 

Pilea hamaoi, an annual herb 20-30cm in height, grows in moist/damp places like a mountain streamside, in the shade of trees. The stems tinge brown, hairless, tender, and feel succulent. The phyllotaxis is opposite with long peduncles; blades are 3-6cm long and in the shape of a rhombus-like ovate, with course serrations on the margins and obtuse tips. Flowers with no pedicles appear clustered in cymes at axils; male and female flowers mingle together, and male flowers are small and spherical with two perianths and stamens each, and female flowers have three perianths, and two of them are more significant than the other. Bloom time: September-October.

             
                     

 

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