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