Parietaria floridana

Nuttall

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 208. 1818.

Illustrated
Synonyms: Parietaria nummularia Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Herbs, annual or short-lived perennial, 1-4 dm. Stems 10-20-branched, decumbent to ascending. Leaf-blades orbiculate to deltate, 0.7-2.7 × 0.5-1.7 cm, base truncate, rounded, or very broadly cuneate, apex smoothly attenuate or occasionally slightly acuminate. Flowers: involucral-bracts 1.5-2 mm; tepals ca. 1.5 mm, nearly equal to bracts. Achenes light-brown, symmetric, 0.5-0.8 × 0.3-0.6 mm or less, apex obtuse, mucro ±apical; stipe centered, short-cylindric, abruptly flared basally.


Phenology: Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat: Weedy places, around masonry, woodland and shrub borders, shell mounds, sandy beaches, roadsides, Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains
Elevation: 0-30 m

Distribution

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Del., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Mexico, West Indies, South America

Discussion

Parietaria praetermissa has been misidentified as P. floridana by some authors.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Parietaria floridana"
light-brown +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
mucronate +, acute +  and ovoid +
less +, 0.3mm +  and 0.6mm +
obtuse +, acuminate +  and attenuate +
David E. Boufford +
Nuttall +
cuneate +  and rounded +
Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, West Indies +  and South America +
0-30 m +
reflexing +  and inflexed +
pistillate +  and staminate +
loosely +  and free +
Weedy places, around masonry, woodland and shrub borders, shell mounds, sandy beaches, roadsides, Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains +
straight +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
orbiculate +  and deltate +
0.5cm;1.7cm +
rounded +  and linear +
accrescent +
Flowering winter–spring. +
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
W2 +  and Illustrated +
10-20-branched +
decumbent +  and ascending +
flared +  and short-cylindric +
not +  and persistent +
Parietaria nummularia +
Parietaria floridana +
Parietaria +
species +
reddish +, greenish +, green +  and white +
distinct +
hypogynous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
perennial +, short-lived +  and annual +
13 +, 10 +, 8 +  and 7 +