Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Urticaceae

Genus:

Pilea

Species:

Pilea rivularis var. rivularis

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, West Tropical Africa: Nigeria, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Western Indian Ocean: Comoros, Madagascar