Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Urticaceae | Parietaria floridana | Florida Pellitory | Coastal shores, sometimes weedy in calcareous situations or around greenhouses. | 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). | ![]() |
Urticaceae | Parietaria judaica | Pellitory-of-the-wall | Disturbed urban areas. | Native of Europe. Reports of P. officinalis in our area are based on P. judaica. Reported for Beaufort County, SC (Bradley et al. [in prep.]). | ![]() |
Urticaceae | Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory, Rock Pellitory | In circumneutral soils, such as in thin soils at the bases of calcareous or subcalcareous cliffs or on calcareous shale barrens, rich floodplain soils. | ME west to BC, south to e. NC, w. NC, SC (Gaddy 2014), AL, Panhandle FL, TX, NV, and Mexico (many states). | ![]() |
Urticaceae | Parietaria praetermissa | Coastal Pellitory | Shell middens, coastal hammocks. | E. NC south to s. FL and west to w. LA. | ![]() |