Frog Pond Wetland Preserve

Scientific name: Parietaria Judaica

Family: Urticaceae or Nettle

Blooms: Nov–Aug

Plant Height: 10–80 cm

Origin: Europe, Africa

Habitat: Moist places, common in coastal urban areas

About: This is a non-stinging member of the nettle family – one of its few recommendations, as the plant is weedy and undistinguished. The stem is decumbent to erect with 1–9 cm long, narrowly lanceolate to widely ovate leaves. The leaf base is tapered to round, with an acuminate tip. The greenish-white flowers are inconspicuous, in small head-like clusters, found in leaf axils and at intervals along the stem.

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