And now I know: It’s clearweed, or Pilea pumila, a cousin of stinging nettle (Urtica dioicia) but minus the barbs, and a North American native. Pilea pumila is an erect annual, growing 0.7 to 70 cm tall. The Atlas of Florida Plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. WHEN I TALKED to Doug Tallamy in February around the publication date of his latest book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” I didn’t want to go on and on about the advice in it regarding smart fall cleanup, which is one of the ways I know I’ve dramatically shifted the way I manage my own garden compared to 10 or even five years ago. Stinging nettle resembles clearweed (Pilea pumila), a non-toxic but unpalatable plant, but clearweed has no stinging hairs. A close relative *is* known in Chinese herbal medicine. Turns out various caterpillars of moths and butterflies enjoy it as a host plant (they’re listed here and include the comma and the red admiral), and so my new policy is to leave a couple of out-of-the-way patches of clearweed to develop at my place. Herbarium Name Used: Pilea pumila 2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn) Oswego: 1922: BH Herbarium Name Used: Pilea pumila var. (Stream it below, read the illustrated transcript or subscribe free.). ; M.L. Urticaceae are really harmless) and the inflorescence (no bracts as the case in Acalypha) and stems (delicate/fleshy) all making me to think of Pilea, most probably Pilea pumila of Urticaceae. Pilea Peperomioides - the pass it on plant, is considered non-toxic to both pets and people. Unlike most online dictionaries, we want you to find your word's meaning quickly. Wood Nettle 2 . Herbs , 0.7-7 dm. Note how the leaves have deeper ridges on the central vein and the 2 side veins. Edible herbaceous plant in the nettle family . Pilea pumila var. // Clearweed has a translucent stem and shiny leaves. Clearweed is the vernacular for the genus.. Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a annual which can reach 30cm in height (12inches). It helps in the treatment of Urinary Problems. You are here: Home; Uncategorized; clearweed medicinal uses; Prev Next View photos of the edible plant Pilea pumila (Clearweed), profiled in the Wild Edible Series: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Louisiana. Propagation has never been so fun! Pilea pumila, commonly known as clearweed, is an edible herbaceous plant in the nettle family . There are some look-alike plants to the beginner. It is native to Asia and eastern North America, where it is broadly distributed.[ Pilea pumila Flora of China][ Template:BONAP ] But clearweed kept me in the dark longer than most. 2: 984. To subdue the slightly earthy taste, add some fruit, such as pineapples and oranges. We don't care how many ads you see or how many pages you view. 1848. Pilea (Pilea spp.) Vous pourrez rempoter votre pilea juste après l’achat si vous l’avez acheté en dehors de la période de floraison mais les pots sont en général prévus pour être conservées au moins 1 à 2 ans après l’achat. Is full of juice. 'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' | margaret roach, head gardener. Native Americans used Pilea pumila medicinally to alleviate itching, to cure sinus problems, and to treat excessive hunger (D. E. Moerman 1986) license cc-by-nc-sa-3.0 copyright Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA. Two are the Pilea pumila and a new weed, the Fatoua villosa. Pilea microphylla balances the insulin levels and cures Diabetes. Rinse the seaweed in rockpools as much as possible, or pick seaweed that is already in water as it is likely to be less sandy. Discover how many of these weeds are edible, or have medicinal uses. It is not included in my “Weeds of the Northeast” . From The Blog. 14258: 3/6/2018 - … In its native habitat, it may spread to as much as 24” wide and is sometimes massed as a ground cover. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. My picks of garden gear, books, and mulch, mulch more, all things I use myself. Again, however, I leave some clearweed on the looser fringes of my property–as I do with another native “weed,” jewelweed. Poison ivy and plantain spring to mind. What I have each day is Irish Sea Moss. Pilea (Pilea spp.) Pilea pumila | Clearweed | Edible Uses 08/28/2020 Thlaspi arvense | Field pennycress | Edible Uses 08/23/2020 Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler’s buckbrush | Medicinal Uses 08/22/2020 cuba, mastering microgreens, with kate spring of good heart farmstead, gifts for gardeners: my tried-and-true gear, david lebovitz’s french onion soup (from ‘my paris kitchen’), pumpkin custard: holiday pie, minus the crust, https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast-player/17424/ecological-fall-cleanup-with-doug-tallamy-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-october-5-2020.mp3.