{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Pilea elegans in Melipeuco, Chile (53135797692).jpg | image_caption = | genus = Pilea | species = elegans | authority = Gay<ref>Gay, Claude Flora de Chile 5: 364. 1851.</ref> | synonyms = '' Adicea elegans'' (Wedd.) Kuntze, 1891<ref>Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 622 1891</ref> }}

'''''Pilea elegans''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. It is endemic to Chile, inhabiting the Biobio, Araucanía and Los Ríos regions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rodriguez |first=Roberto |last2=Marticorena |first2=Clodomiro |last3=Alarcón |first3=Diego |last4=Baeza |first4=Carlos |last5=Cavieres |first5=Lohengrin |last6=Finot |first6=Víctor L. |last7=Fuentes |first7=Nicol |last8=Kiessling |first8=Andrea |last9=Mihoc |first9=Maritza |last10=Pauchard |first10=Aníbal |last11=Ruiz |first11=Eduardo |last12=Sanchez |first12=Paulina |last13=Marticorena |first13=Alicia |last14=Rodriguez |first14=Roberto |last15=Marticorena |first15=Clodomiro |date= |title=Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile |url=http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-66432018000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |journal=Gayana Botánica |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=1–430 |doi=10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001 |issn=0717-6643|doi-access=free }}</ref>

USDA hardiness zone 9. The plant does not tolerate snow, but can tolerate occasional freezing spells of about -5 degrees C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/HighResPages/EH0102.htm|title=Description and images of Pilea elegans (Coyanlahuén , Mellahuvilu), a native Chilean plant, provided by the supplier of native exotic Chilean seeds, Chileflora.com|website=www.chileflora.com|access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> Light requirements consist of indirect light/low light (In deep shadow). It can be found in deep ravines in Chile facing south with additional shadow from trees, or where there is a very dense vegetation cover which gives 80 - 100% shadow (for instance, the Valdivian forests).

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elegans Category:Plants described in 1851 Category:Flora of Chile Category:Endemic flora of Chile

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