Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Parietaria L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Parietaria debilis G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 73 (1786)
Synonymy:
  • = Urtica debilis Endl., Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. 37 (1833)
Vernacular Name(s):
New Zealand pellitory
 Description

Slender, diffuse, hairy annual. Stem succulent, up to 70 cm long, often lax. Lvs midgreen, sometimes shiny, thin and delicate, rhombic-ovate, up to 5 cm long. Petioles often = or > lamina. At least some bracteoles > perianth at fruiting. Achenes ovoid, dark brown, 1–1.5 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Jan.; Fruiting: Oct.–Jan.

 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Endlicher, S.F.L. 1833: Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae. Beck, Wien.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.