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Parietaria floridana Nuttall. Common name: Florida Pellitory. Phenology: Mar-frost; Apr-frost. Habitat: Coastal shores, sometimes weedy in calcareous situations or around greenhouses. Distribution: DE south to FL and west to TX, on the outer Coastal Plain; Bahamas; Mexico, Central America, and South America. Reported for c. KY (Adanick & Medley 2020).

ID notes: This species has smaller leaves than P. praetermissa.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Perhaps conspecific with P. debilis.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA3, GW2, K4, NS, POWO, Tx, WH3, Hinton (1968); = n/a — G, RAB; = Parietaria nummularia Small — C, F, S; < Parietaria debilis Forster — Tat, WI; < Parietaria floridana Nutt. — S13; Parietaria floridana Nutt. Basionym: Parietaria floridana Nutt. 1818

Links to other floras: = Parietaria floridana - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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