Parietaria hespera Hinton

Rillita pellitory (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Parietaria

Characteristics

Herbs , annual, 0.2-5.5 dm. Stems simple or freely branched, sometimes densely matted, prostrate, decumbent, ascending, or erect. Leaf blades narrowly to very broadly ovate, oblong, orbiculate, or reniform, 0.2-4.5 × 0.2-2.7 cm, base broadly cuneate, rounded, truncate, or nearly cordate, apex acuminate, acute, obtuse, or rounded; proximal pair of lateral veins arising at junction of blade and petiole. Flowers: involucral bracts 1-4.5 mm; tepals 2-2.8 mm, shorter or longer than bracts. Achenes light brown, symmetric, 0.9-1.2 × 0.6-0.7 mm, apex obtuse, mucro apical; stipe centered, short-cylindric, basally dilated.
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A small herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.55
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

The young plant is eaten.
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Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Parietaria hespera world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:183208-2
WFO ID wfo-0001143409
COL ID 4DMB6
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Parietaria hespera Parietaria hespera var. hespera

Lower taxons

Parietaria hespera var. californica