Scientific Name:	Soleirolia soleirolii
Pronunciation:	so-ley-ROH-lee-uh so-ley-ROH-lee-eye
Common Name:	baby's tears
Family Name:	Urticaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant, Annual
Key ID Features:	Stems low growing, highly branched, a quick-spreading ground cover but limited by cold locally; leaves rounded, shiny, and only about 5 mm long.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Spreading Form: Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Europe (W. Mediterranean: Corsica, Sardinia, etc.) Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Container planting, Ground cover, Hanging basket, Indoor plant, Rock garden Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Pubescent Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Orbicular Apices: Obtuse Bases: Truncate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Corolla Shape: Cruciform Colour (petals): Not showy, Green, Red Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun Additional Info: Flowering rarely noticed; 4 sepals subtended by 3 winged bractlets

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Jul

Bark or Stem Colour:

Propagation:	Division - above ground parts
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	High
Other:	High humidity or regular misting.
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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