Parietaria debilis G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 73 1786. (Syn: Freirea australis Nees; Freirea debilis (G.Forst.) Jarm.; Freirea erecta Phil.; Freirea humifusa Gay; Freirea micrantha (Ledeb.) Jarm.; Freirea steudelii Blume; Parietaria coreana Nakai; Parietaria debilis var. ceratosantha Wedd.; Parietaria debilis var. debilis ; Parietaria debilis var. diffusa Wedd.; Parietaria debilis var. micrantha (Ledeb.) Wedd.; Parietaria fernandeziana Navas; Parietaria gracilis Lowe; Parietaria lusitanica var. micrantha (Ledeb.) Chrtek; Parietaria micrantha Ledeb.; Urtica debilis Endl. (Unresolved); Urtica freireiformis Steud. (Unresolved); Urtica parietariifolia Bertero ex Steud. (Unresolved)); Parietaria debilis from Chakrata area: Parietaria debilis G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 73 1786 Syn: Freirea debilis (G.Forst.) Jarm.; Freirea australis Nees Family: Urticaceae This small insignicant plant may be missed by many, and I had probably missed it many times till one day on collection trip to Sonamarg in Kashmir, the famous Russian authority on Salicaceae, Prof. K. Skvortsov picked up a plant from under the rock and showed it to me. I found it again in Chakrata while moving towards Deovan area and again towards Budher caves area. A diffuse pubescent herb with numerous straggling delicate stems, often forming patches; leaves alternate, 3-nerved, 10-25 mm long, ovate to orbicular; flowers minute in axillary clusters, male with 4 stamens, Here are mines Sir from same place same time Parietaria debilis (Urticaceae) from Uttarakhand: Aug_2015_DSR_16 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Parietaria debilis G.Forst. (Urticaceae) is a small delicate herb in temperate and alpine zones of Uttarakhand. I have seen it reaching up to 4500m elevation in Garhwal. It grows below rocks in shady moist conditions. Here photographed in Khalya alpine zone near Munsyari, Uttarakhand. References:
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