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§1 Plant
Pilea fontana (Lunell) Rydb.
vernacular lesser clearweed — species · Urticaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Urticaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Pilea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 214 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 214 counties across 21 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Gratiot 26057
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Isanti 27059
- Kittson 27069
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Jefferson 36045
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Oconto 55083
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIFO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5361839 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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