Common name: Himalayan Clearweed
Botanical name: Pilea scripta Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Himalayan Clearweed is an erect, hairless perennial herb, growing up to
30-120 cm tall. The plant is woody at the base. Leaves are elliptic, long
pointed, with 1-5 cm long stalk, and have 3 prominent parallel veins. Leaf
blade is 3-18 cm long, 2-8 cm broad, minutely saw-toothed, with a
wedge-shaped base. Panicle of flower cymes 6-8 cm long. Flowers are minute,
white or pink. Achenes are ovate-elliptic, 1 mm long, whitish, with a
distinct intramarginal ridge.
Flowering: June-October.
| Photographed around McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh. |
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