Pilea scripta Wedd. in Ann. Sci.Nat.ser. 4:187. 1854. Monogr. Urtic.22. 1856; in DC., Prodr. 16 (1): 127. 1856; Hook.f., F1.Brit.Ind. 5:556. 1888; Bamber, Punj.Pl.139. 1916; Collet, Fl.Siml.ed.2.464.1921; R.R.Stewart l.c.
A dioecious perennial, glabrous, erect, up to 30-120 cm tall basally woody, herb. Leaves with 1-5 cm long petiole; lamina 3-18 cm long, 2-8 cm broad, serrulate, serratures fine, base cuneate, apex acute-acuminate; stipules triangular, c. 2.5-3.5 cm long, persistent. Panicle of cymes 6-8 cm long. Flowers minute. Achenes ovate-elliptic, c. 1 mm long, whitish, tuberculate, with a distinct intramarginal ridge.
Fl.Per.: June-October.
Type: Described from Himalayas.
Distribution: Pakistan, (N.W.F.Province, Punjab) Kashmir, Nepal, India, (Punjab, Uttar Pardesh, Bhotan) and Northern Burma.
Common in shady places up to 2000 m.
