Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

Pennsylvania pellitory (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Parietaria

Characteristics

Herbs , annual, 0.4-6 dm. Stems simple or freely branched, decumbent, ascending, or erect. Leaf blades narrowly to broadly elliptic, lanceolate, oblong, or ovate, (1-)2-9 × 0.4-3 cm, base narrowly cuneate, apex acuminate to long-attenuate or obtuse to rounded; proximal pair of lateral veins arising above junction of blade and petiole. Flowers: involucral bracts 1.8-5 mm, usually less than 2 times length of achene; tepals 1.5-2 mm, shorter than bracts. Achenes light brown, symmetric, 0.9-1.2 × 0.6-0.9 mm, apex obtuse, mucro apical; stipe straight, short-cylindric, centered, basally dilated. 2 n =14, 16.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.6
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Parietaria pensylvanica leaf picture by Carol Wyard (cc-by-sa)
Parietaria pensylvanica leaf picture by jimseng jimseng (cc-by-sa)
Parietaria pensylvanica leaf picture by Kimberly (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Parietaria pensylvanica flower picture by Gray Bear (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Parietaria pensylvanica fruit picture by Glenn L (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Parietaria pensylvanica world distribution map, present in Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:183216-2
WFO ID wfo-0000473229
COL ID 4DMC8
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Helxine pennsylvanica Freirea pensylvanica Parietaria obtusa Parietaria occidentalis Parietaria linguaefolia Parietaria virgata Parietaria linguifolia Parietaria rufa Parietaria heterophyla Parietaria falcata Parietaria orizabae Parietaria pensylvanica var. obtusa Parietaria debilis var. pensylvanica Parietaria pensylvanica