Pouzolzia Bush

Pouzolzia zeylanica

pooh-ZOLZ-ee-ah zay-LAN-ah-cah

Urticaceae

Native to:  Asia

Florida abundance and distribution: roadside, old fields, waste places and disturbed areas in the Peninsula.

Recognition: Fuzzy weed 3-5’ feet tall with alternate (or opposite) leaves. Leaf blades ovate.  White flowers, tiny and knob-like in leaf axils.

Other: Highly invasive.  Spreads by seed and has an extensive root system.  When attempting to rid area of P. zeylanica, tuber-like root systems will continue to spread and send up new stems.  

Contributed by: Nathan Hendry