Parietaria debilis, commonly known as pellitory, small-flower pellitory,[2] or native pellitory, is a herb native to Australia and New Zealand.
Description
It grows as an annual herb from 7 to 40 centimetres in height, with green or white flowers. Individual plants bear both perfect and imperfect flowers.[3]
It is native to Australia and New Zealand.[5][6] In Australia it is widespread in temperate regions, occurring in every state and territory.[4] It favours well-drained sites, especially in calcareous soils.[3][7]
Research
DNA was able to be extracted, and the chloroplast DNA trnL–trnF intergenic spacer and trnL intron were sequenced, from a herbarium specimen of Parietaria debilis collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain James Cook’s first voyage in 1769–70.[8]