Pilea pumila ("Aomizu")

Japanese name: アオミズ
Scientific name: Pilea pumila

[Overview]
An annual 30–50 cm tall, found in moist places.
The whole plant is succulent and soft.
The stem is green.
Leaves are simple and opposite, rhombic-ovate, 3–10 cm long, with pointed tips.
The leaf margins have 5–10 pairs of triangular teeth.
The flowers are male or female, and both are mixed together in cymes 1–3 cm long that arise from the leaf axils.
The male flowers consist of 2 tepals and 2 stamens.
The female flowers have 3 tepals, which are shorter than the achene, and the midrib is slightly raised.
The fruit is an achene 0.1 cm long, with sparse, slightly raised brown dots.

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