Pilea species, cultivars and hybrids

Pilea is a genus of the Urticaceae (nettle) family with over 600 accepted species. They are found in North and South America, Africa and Asia

Listed bellow are the varieties that are being cultivated around the world. If there’s a plant that’s missing here, or you would like to send a photo for the variety that still doesn’t have one, or some information isn’t correct, please contact me via e-mail at houseplants.xyz@gmail.com or via instagram @houseplants.xyz I’ll try to keep this page updated. All the changes will be noted in changelog at the bottom of the page.

Pilea 'Burgundy'
Pilea 'Silver Tree'
Pilea serpyllacea 'Globosa'
Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'
Pilea 'Moon Valley'
Pilea microphylla 'Variegata'
Pilea grandifolia 'Coral'
Pilea depressa 'Sao Paulo'
Pilea spruceana 'Dark Mystery'
Pilea 'Chartreuse'
Pilea cadierei 'Variegata'
Pilea cadierei ‘Minima’
Pilea cadierei
Pilea nummulariifolia 'Bathroom Bubbles'
Pilea spruceana
Pilea semidentata
Pilea peperomioides
Pilea nummulariifolia
Pilea microphylla
Pilea libanensis
Pilea insolens
Pilea inaequalis
Pilea grandifolia
Pilea depressa

Pilea 'Burgundy'

Trade Names: Pilea ‘Burgundy’, Pilea sp. ‘Burgundy’

Pilea 'Silver Tree'

Trade Names: Pilea 'Ellen', Pilea 'Bronze', Pilea spruceana 'Silver Tree', Pilea 'Silver Tree'

Pilea serpyllacea 'Globosa'

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Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'

Trade Names: Pilea 'Mojito', Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'

Plant parent(s): Pilea peperomioides

Pilea 'Moon Valley'

Trade Names: Pilea involucrata ‘Moon Valley’, Pilea mollis ‘Moon Valley’, Pilea ‘Moon Valley’

Pilea microphylla 'Variegata'

Plant parent(s): Pilea microphylla

Pilea grandifolia 'Coral'

Plant parent(s): Pilea grandifolia

Pilea depressa 'Sao Paulo'

Pilea spruceana 'Dark Mystery'

Trade Names: Pilea 'Dark Mistery', Pilea involucrata "Dark Mistery"

Plant parent(s): Pilea spruceana

Pilea spruceana 'Dark Mystery'
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Pilea 'Chartreuse'

Trade Names: Pilea ‘Chartreuse’, Pilea sp. ‘Chartreuse’, Pilea sp Ecuador

Pilea cadierei 'Variegata'

Plant parent(s): Pilea cadierei

Pilea cadierei ‘Minima’

Trade Names: Pilea cadierei ‘Minima’

Plant parent(s): Pilea cadierei

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Pilea cadierei

Common Names: Aluminium plant

Named by: François Gagnepain and André Guillaumin (1939)

Native Area: South-Central China, Vietnam

*: ‘cadierei’ named after RP Cadiere, plant collector

Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea cadierei 'Minima', Pilea cadierei 'Variegata'

Pilea nummulariifolia 'Bathroom Bubbles'

Trade Names: Pilea 'Bathroom Bubbles'

Plant parent(s): Pilea nummulariifolia

Pilea nummulariifolia 'Bathroom Bubbles'
Photo by @myplantanamanku

Pilea spruceana

Synonyms: Pilea ‘Norfolk’, Pilea involucrata ‘Norfolk’, Pilea involucrata

Common Names: Friendship plant

Named by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1869)

Native Area: Ecuador, Peru, Venezuelan Antilles

Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea spruceana 'Dark Mystery'

Pilea semidentata

Named by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1852)

Native Area: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is.

Pilea semidentata
Photo by @absenteeplantdad

Pilea peperomioides

Common Names: Chinese money plant, missionary plant

Named by: Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels (1912)

Native Area: China

Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'

Pilea nummulariifolia

Named by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1852)

Native Area: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Windward Is.

*: ‘nummulariifolia’ means having foliage like nummularia (small, circular leaves)

Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea nummulariifolia 'Bathroom Bubbles'

Pilea microphylla

Common Names: Artillery fern, Artillery plant

Named by: Frederik Michael Liebmann (1851)

Native Area: Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

*: ‘microphylla’ means small leaf

Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea microphylla 'Variegata'