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Pilea depressa

Depressed clearweed

Pilea depressa, the depressed clearweed, is a small creeping Caribbean herb native to Cuba and Hispaniola and naturalised elsewhere in the tropics. It forms mats of tiny rounded leaves and is grown as a groundcover in terrariums. The measured sites are warm lowland to low-montane.

Pilea depressa
Photo: Hugo.arg (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Creeping mat-forming herb; the sources reached give no habitat detail, and the genus favours damp, shaded ground and rocks.

Native records span about 110-850 m.

CubaDominican RepublicHaiti

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.