Pennsylvania Pellitory
Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Urticaceae (Nettle Family)
▲ group of plants
Pennsylvania Pellitory:
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Native summer annual weed in the Nettle Family (Urticaceae) that grows about
6-18 inches tall
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Usually has unbranched stems with alternate lanceolate leaves with smooth
margins; both stems and leaves are covered with soft hairs
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Flowers are small, greenish, in clusters in axils of the leaves surrounded by
elongated, small, green leafy bracts; male and female and perfect flowers can be
in the same cluster
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Prefers part shade and fertile soils, but can tolerate more or less sun and
somewhat drier or rocky soils
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The hairs on this plant are not stinging to the touch
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May appear somewhat similar to
Virginia Copperleaf or
Rhombic Copperleaf, but these plants have
toothed leaves and single, lobed bracts around the flowers.