Parietaria hespera
Parietaria hespera var. californica
California pellitory, pelitory, rillita pellitory, unknown
California pellitory
simple or freely branched, sometimes densely matted, prostrate, decumbent, ascending, or erect.
blades narrowly to very broadly ovate, oblong, orbiculate, or reniform, 0.2-4.5 × 0.2-2.7 cm, base broadly cuneate, rounded, truncate, or nearly cordate, apex acuminate, acute, obtuse, or rounded;
proximal pair of lateral veins arising at junction of blade and petiole.
blades oblong, broadly ovate to orbiculate or reniform, 0.2-1.7 × 0.2-1.2 cm, as long as or slightly longer than wide, base rounded to nearly cordate, apex distally short-acuminate to obtuse or rounded.
involucral bracts 1-4.5 mm;
tepals 2-2.8 mm, shorter or longer than bracts.
involucral bracts 1.2-3.2 mm;
tepals spreading or recurved and twisted at maturity, distinct, ca. 2-2.7 mm, apex long-acuminate, attenuate, or caudate.
light brown, symmetric, 0.9-1.2 × 0.6-0.7 mm, apex obtuse, mucro apical;
stipe centered, short-cylindric, basally dilated.
Parietaria hespera
Parietaria hespera var. californica
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
The two varieties of Parietaria hespera are generally distinct, but intermediates occur. Both are found in California and have been collected in Los Angeles and Monterey counties and on Santa Barbara Island.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Tepals erect, loosely connivent, apex acute; leaf blades conspicuously longer than wide, base broadly cuneate, rounded, or truncate. | var. hespera |
1. Tepals spreading or recurved and twisted at maturity, distinct, apex long-acuminate, attenuate, or caudate; leaf blades as long as or slightly longer than wide, base rounded to nearly cordate. | var. californica |
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