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