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§1 Plant

Pilea fontana (Lunell) Rydb.

vernacular lesser clearweed — species · Urticaceae


USDA
PIFO
GBIF
5361839
Rank
species
lesser clearweed (Pilea fontana)
Platephotograph · Rob CurtisCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
Legend Native · 214 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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
Minnesota view state ↗ 28 N
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N
New York view state ↗ 22 N
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

§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:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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