Urticaceae
Rillita pellitory
Parietaria hespera
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Parietaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- حشيشة الزجاج الغربية
- English
- Rillita pellitory
Synonyms
- Parietaria pensylvanica var. hespera (Hinton) S.L.Welsh
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andy Kleinhesselink, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Dechter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.