Please ID this tiny herb / weed in garden : GE-May2015-1/1

[greenearth]

The leaves are about 3mm x 1mm, to 6mmx2mm  flowers less than 1.5 mm, the stalked inflorescence is of a few cymules 

(The white flower in 2nd image is of a different plant )

Please help with ID

thanks,

ASinha

  

[ajinkya gadave]

Pilea microphylla

Urticaceae

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[D.S Rawat]

Agree with Ajinkya Ji. It is P.microphylla. A weedy plant but cultivated also for its foliage. Whoite flowers in second picture may be of Mollugo sp. (Molluginaceae).
DSRawat Pantnagar

[A.Sinha]

Ajinkya-ji, Rawat-ji,

Thanks !  i would have never found this id, and it is my first intro. to Uriticaceae.

Pilea microphylla  (Artillery plant )it is, matches exactly with FOI images and description from  IFAS Univ of Florida.    Which also explains the unexpected common name for such a small plant

"A multitude of minute, lime green leaves on short, arching stems gives artillery plant a fine-textured, fernlike appearance (Fig. 1). Growing only 8 to 12 inches tall and quickly forming spreading clumps up to two feet wide, artillery plant makes an attractive tropical ground cover. The common name is derived from the forcefully ejected pollen from the rather inconspicuous flowers on this brittle and succulent plant."

Wondering if this could be one of the tiniest flowering  plants ever.

Thanks

ASinha

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