Parietaria floridana Nuttall. Florida Pellitory. Phen: Mar-frost; Apr-frost. Hab: Coastal shores, sometimes weedy in calcareous situations or around greenhouses. Dist: DE south to FL and west to TX, on the outer Coastal Plain; Bahamas. 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, K1, K3, K4, Tx, WH3, Hinton (1968); = n/a – G, RAB; = Parietaria nummularia Small – C, F, S; < Parietaria debilis Forster – Tat, WI; < Parietaria floridana Nutt. – S13
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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