Species · genus Pilea · Urticaceae

Creeping Charlie

Pilea nummulariifolia (Sw.) Wedd.

Growth habit

subshrub

Native range

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

Reference · P. nummulariifolia

Cultivars of P. nummulariifolia

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under P. nummulariifolia yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A creeping subshrub from the humid tropical understory of Central and South America and the Caribbean, with small round leaves on trailing stems. It wants bright indirect light, warmth, and steady humidity, but its fine roots rot if left soggy. Water when the top inch of mix is dry, letting the surface approach dryness between drinks without the soil ever fully crisping out.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-9d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 9 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

16–26 °C

Soil mix

Rich, moisture-retentive but well-draining mix

Propagation

Trailing stem cuttings; roots readily at nodes

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly while actively growing

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Small inconspicuous flowers; prized as a trailing groundcover

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-9d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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