Parietaria
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Parietaria is a genus of 20–30 species of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, native to temperate and tropical regions across the world.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 20–80 cm tall, with green or pink stems. The leaves are alternate, simple, entire, often with a cluster of small leaves in their axils. The flowers are bisexual, produced in clusters of three to many together in the leaf axils. The fruit is a small dry achene.[3][4][5]
- Selected species
- Parietaria alsinifolia Delile
- Parietaria australis (Nees) Blume
- Parietaria cardiostegia Greuter
- Parietaria cretica L.
- Parietaria debilis G.Forst.
- Parietaria diffusa Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Parietaria filamentosa Webb & Berthel.
- Parietaria floridana Nutt.
- Parietaria hespera B.D.Hinton
- Parietaria judaica L.
- Parietaria laxiflora Engl.
- Parietaria lusitanica L.
- Parietaria mauritanica Durieu
- Parietaria micrantha Ledeb.
- Parietaria officinalis L.
- Parietaria pensylvanica Muhlenb. ex Willd.
- Parietaria praetermissa B.D.Hinton
- Parietaria ruwenzoriensis Cortesi
Several species can be weeds; the Mediterranean species P. judaica is widely naturalised in the Americas, while the American P. pensylvanica is conversely naturalised in Europe.[1][3]
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- ^ a b c Flora Europaea: Parietaria
- ^ a b African Flowering Plants Database: Parietaria (enter genus name in search box)
- ^ a b c d Flora of North America: Parietaria
- ^ a b c Flora of China: Parietaria
- ^ a b c Flora of Pakistan: Parietaria
- ^ a b Australian Plant Name Index: Parietaria
