Botanical name: Pilea microphylla    Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)

Native from Mexico to Brazil, artillery plant is a short-lived perennial or annual that typically grows from 8-12 inches tall. In its native habitat, it may spread to as much as 24 inches wide and is sometimes massed as a ground cover. Abundant, tiny, obovate to rounded, succulent, light green leaves, 6-12 mm long, appear on this small shrubby plant, giving it an almost fern-like appearance. Tiny greenish flowers are not particularly showy. Male flowers explosively discharge pollen into the air, hence the common name of artillery plant. Indoor plants rarely flower and fruit.

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