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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Parietaria floridana
FAMILY
Urticaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parietaria floridana
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parietaria nummularia
COMMON NAME:
Florida Pellitory
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridana_9439
February Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridana_9443
February Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridana_9444
February Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridana_9446
February Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Parietaria floridana
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parietaria floridana
FAMILY
Urticaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parietaria nummularia
4105
Forb
Annual
Polygamous
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare in Coastal Plain, a waif elsewhere
Habitat: Coastal shores, sometimes weedy in calcareous situations or around greenhouses, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stinging trichomes absent
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
Leaves do not have stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish
Bisexual or unisexual
4 sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Inflorescences axillary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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