Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Parietaria pensylvanica Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
(Pennsylvania Pellitory)


Family: Urticaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Parietaria pensylvanica is a small plant that is found larger clumps under shaded rocks and overhangs in canyons with running water. The leaves are variable in width and are pubescent as are tge stems. The flowers are minute and found in the leaf axils in clusters. The pubescence is not stinging as in other Urticaceae.
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Parietaria pensylvanica, photo Russ Kleinman & Barbara Weintraub, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, April 10, 2010



Parietaria pensylvanica, closeup of stem, photo Russ Kleinman & Barbara Weintraub, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, April 10, 2010



Parietaria pensylvanica, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Barbara Weintraub, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, April 10, 2010



Parietaria pensylvanica, 3X field macro of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Barbara Weintraub, Sycamore Canyon near Cliff, April 10, 2010


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