Pouzolzia zeylanica
in J. J. Bennett et al., Pl. Jav. Rar., 67. 1838.
IllustratedIntroduced
Basionym: Parietaria zeylanica Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1052. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Plants 1-20 dm, sparsely to moderately covered on all parts with appressed and spreading hairs. Leaf-blades 1-5 × 0.6-2 cm, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex acute or nearly acuminate. Staminate flowers ca. 3 mm across; filaments longer than tepals; pistillode elongate, knoblike. Pistillate flowers ca. 1-1.5 mm, tepals ribbed. Achenes ca. (0.9-) 1.2 × ca. 0.6 mm, base truncate.
Phenology: Flowering late summer–winter.
Habitat: Roadsides, old fields, waste places, disturbed areas
Elevation: 0-20 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., Asia
Discussion
Pouzolzia zeylanica was misidentified as Parietaria officinalis Linnaeus by J. K. Small.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
0.6 +
dehiscing +
basifixed +
truncate +
oblanceolate +
arranged +
rounded +
longer +
cluster +
unisexual +
appressed +
spreading +
lacking +
hooked +
stinging +
Present +
axillary +
spikelike +
true +
dotted +
equal +
0.6cm;2cm +
simple +
persistent +
hypogynous +
accrescent +
absent +
absent +
in J. J. Bennett et al., Pl. Jav. Rar., +
1838 +
longitudinal +
absent +
simple +
erect +
sessile +
absent +
deciduous +
absent +
elongate +
Pouzolzia zeylanica +
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species +
ribbed +
persistent +
appressed +
connate +
hypogynous +
equal +
perennial +
pubescent +
small +