PENNSYLVANIA PELLITORY
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Parietaria pensylvanica (Willd. ) Muhl.
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| Mitchell County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 2-16 inches |
| Family: Urticaceae - Nettle Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Erect, ascending, or decumbent, simple or branched. Plants monoecious or polygamous, puberulent to pubescent, without stinging hairs. | | Leaves: | | Alternate; petiole 1/5 to 1 inch; blade lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, .8 to 3.5 inches long, .2 to .8 inch wide, margins entire, tip acute to acuminate. | | Inflorescences: | | Few-flowered clusters, axillary. | | Flowers: | | Lower flowers usually bisexual and staminate, upper flowers pistillate; tepals 4, distinct; stamens 4; style persistent or not. | | Fruits: | | Achenes ovoid, 1/25 to 1/20 inch, loosely enclosed by tepals. | | Habitat: | | Woods, thickets, rocky slopes, partially to heavily shaded sites, under trees and shrubs in urban areas | | Distribution: | | Occurs statewide | | Origin: | | Native |
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| Pennsylvania pellitory inflorescence |  | | 61 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
| | Pennsylvania pellitory leaf |  | | 67 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
| | Pennsylvania pellitory |  | | 83 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
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