Parietaria debilis

Forest Pellitory at Jones Creek, NSW

Parietaria debilis at Jones Creek, NSW - 4 Nov 2015
Parietaria debilis at Jones Creek, NSW - 4 Nov 2015
Parietaria debilis at Jones Creek, NSW - 4 Nov 2015
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Parietaria debilis 1 Feb 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Parietaria debilis 11 Jan 2021 abread111
Unidentified 4 Jan 2021 abread111

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in a shaded rocky location

9 comments

Tapirlord wrote:
   4 Jan 2021
Abread I'm beginning to think this could be a mentha species............ perhaps Mentha pulegium.
abread111 wrote:
   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...
Tapirlord wrote:
   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 :).
abread111 wrote:
   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.
TimC wrote:
   11 Jan 2021
Looks a lot like Parietaria debilis, Native Pellitory
abread111 wrote:
   11 Jan 2021
Thank you, TimC! I agree with you.
Barbara Read
Tapirlord wrote:
   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..........
Tapirlord wrote:
   12 Jan 2021
According to CNM* ALA may say something different
abread111 wrote:
   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.

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