From
Central and South America, Pilea involucrata (or
the Friendship Plant (because it's easy to propagate), grows
to about a foot in height indoors. It has rosettes of dark
green leaves with purple puckered surfaces and a plain green
edge. Needs a minimum of around 15ºC (Urticaceae family)
Plant Portraits through the year
The
plants are arranged in alphabetical order with the date of the photograph
after it.
