*Pilea nummulariifolia (Swartz) Weddell. Common name: Creeping Charlie. Habitat: Used horticulturally as a ground cover, spreading and establishing near plantings. Distribution: Native of n. South America and the West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, POWO, WI; Urtica nummulariifolia Sw. = Pilea nummularifolia (Sw.) Wedd. — FNA3, orthographic error. Basionym: Urtica nummulariifolia Sw. 1787
Links to other floras: = Pilea nummularifolia - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
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