Parietaria debilis
Forest Pellitory at Jones Creek, NSW
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| Parietaria debilis | MichaelMulvaney | 1 Feb 2021 | |
| Parietaria debilis | abread111 | 11 Jan 2021 | |
| Unverified | abread111 | 4 Jan 2021 |
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in a shaded rocky location
9 comments
4 Jan 2021
Abread I'm beginning to think this could be a mentha species............ perhaps Mentha pulegium.
4 Jan 2021
But the leaves appear to be alternate rather than opposite in Mentha and the petioles are as long as the lamina, instead of very short in pennyroyal...
5 Jan 2021
It could be another mentha sp, or potentially a Veronica sp but I doubt it. I'll leave it and the other sighting in Unidentified for now if you have any insights please leave them below and I'll look into it. But for now, with all my commitments picking up again in the new year I don't have enough time for detailed research on ALA, if this ends up sitting around in UnID' for a while then I'll list both sightings as inconclusive given they are historical records. Goodluck with any further research :).
5 Jan 2021
It seems to prefer rocky but low light areas eg in a gully and under a kurragong where very shaded - found another sighting in a similar situation - will upload this as well, but the photo is no clearer than what you have already seen. I will contact someone from the Gundagai area, an ecologist who has been in the area and see if he recognises it. Thanks for your help.
12 Jan 2021
Mmmmm, if these three sightings are indeed Parietaria debilis (Which I don't dispute) they would be very significant, this species hasn't been recorded from our region since 1954..........
13 Jan 2021
ALA has a record from Ginninderra Falls in 1983, also quite a few records from NSW in the CNM region including collections by Isobel Crawford in the Michelago area in 1995 and at Minjary and other sites in the Tumut - Adelong area in 2001 and 2003. Also a record from the Yass valley area in 2011 and another in the Murrumbigee valley below Burrinjuck in 2010. So it is not that rare.
Location information
- Coordinates 147.982928-35.007008
- Places Jones Creek, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Nov 2015 04:00 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
Collections
- Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Parietaria debilis
Species information
- Parietaria debilis Scientific name
- Forest Pellitory Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 554.36m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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Record quality
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