Sign in Start free
Species library › Pilea › Pilea imparifolia
Terrarium Partly documented

Pilea imparifolia

A widespread lowland to premontane Pilea of wet Neotropical forest, from southern Mexico through Central America to the Guianas and western Amazonia. Nearly 400 wild records show a warm, humid understory herb with a mild drier spell early in the year.

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

Shade herb of wet forest understory; the records cluster on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, in Panama, the Chocó and French Guiana.

Recorded at 8–2,580 m, median about 790 m; most records are below 1,200 m.

MexicoNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaColombiaEcuadorPeruVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaBrazil

🔒 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

Grow Pilea imparifolia? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Pilea

Pilea peperomioides Pilea cadierei Pilea microphylla Pilea fairchildiana Pilea pumila Pilea elegans Pilea serpyllifolia Pilea nummulariifolia Pilea trianthemoides Pilea cataractae Pilea cavernicola Pilea fontana All 625 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.