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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Urticaceae
Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Pennsylvanian pellitory
Parietaria: derives from Latin parietarius, "of walls," which descends from Greek paries, "a wall," where the plant likes to grow, as Pliny knew when he described it
pensylvanica: of Pennsylvania
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | small, erect, annual, 4"-16" tall forb with non-stinging, fine hairs |
| Flower: | green, 4-parted, 1/8" wide; inflorescence few-flowered, short clusters from the middle and upper leaf axils; blooms May-Sept. |
| Fruit: | shiny, oval, dry seed |
| Leaf: | stalked, thin, lance-like, alternate, toothless, no stipules |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; woods, disturbed sites, sidewalk cracks, streambanks |
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