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Parietaria floridana
Also called Pellitory, Red Pellitory
Florida pellitory is a small, branched annual or short-lived perennial herb of the nettle family, native to the southeastern US, the West Indies and Latin America. It is a low, weedy plant that grows in shaded, moist, disturbed places and is not commonly grown in gardens.
Parietaria floridana, commonly known as Florida pellitory, is a plant species in the family Urticaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States, the West Indies, and much of Latin America. In the United States, the heart of its range extends from Florida, to Georgia and North and South Carolina, with isolated populations reported in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Hampshire, Kentucky and Delaware. Some populations in California have in the past been referred to as P. floridana but are now regarded as a separate species, P. hespera.
Parietaria floridana is an annual or short-lived perennial, branched herb growing up to 40 cm tall, sometimes running along the ground. Leaves are up to 3 cm long. Flowers are up to 4 mm across. Achenes are less than 0.9 mm long.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parietaria floridana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
