Parietaria hespera Calflora

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Taxon Report

Parietaria hespera Hinton

Pelitory, Pellitory, Rillita pellitory, Western pellitory

Parietaria hespera is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. californica ... var. hespera
Genus:	Parietaria
Family:	Urticaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: slopes

Communities: many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


OTHER	Parietaria floridana

Information about Parietaria hespera from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PAHE5) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/28/2025).