Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Parietaria pensylvanica
Parietaria pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.
Pennsylvania Pellitory, Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant
Urticaceae (Nettle Family)
USDA Symbol: PAPE5USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Parietaria pensylvanica
Hammerwort, Pellitory
Urticaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, Texas 78023.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Very prevalent in shade under Juniperus ashii. Soil conditions rocky, but with dirt and humus.
Description: Erect annual, mature calyx is campanulate, subglobose, to 2 mm. Stems simple and pubescent, slender. Leaves with slender petioles, elliptic-lanceolate, to 4 cm, petioles 2 cm. Flower clusters sessile, bracts exceeding calyx.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: May 3, 1994
Specimen number: 56
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1076
Accession Date: Jun 19, 1996
Accession Number: 89
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)