Parietaria officinalis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Genus: | Parietaria |
Species: | P. officinalis
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Binomial name | |
Parietaria officinalis |
Parietaria officinalis, the eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, [1] also known as upright pellitory [2] and lichwort, is a plant of the nettle family. Its leaves, however, are non-stinging. The plant grows on rubbish and on walls, hence the name.
The pollen is a cause of allergy. [3]
It was once used in the making of certain metheglins.[ citation needed]
The leaves and flowers of P. officinalis contains the flavonoids kaempferol-3- bioside, the 3-glucosides and 3-rutinosides of quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin, 3-sophorosides of quercetin and kaempferol and 3-neohesperosides of kaempferol and isorhamnetin. [4] They also contain caffeoylmalic and two pyrrole acids. [5]
It is in a different family from Anacyclus pyrethrum, also called pellitory.
Parietaria officinalis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Genus: | Parietaria |
Species: | P. officinalis
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Binomial name | |
Parietaria officinalis |
Parietaria officinalis, the eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, [1] also known as upright pellitory [2] and lichwort, is a plant of the nettle family. Its leaves, however, are non-stinging. The plant grows on rubbish and on walls, hence the name.
The pollen is a cause of allergy. [3]
It was once used in the making of certain metheglins.[ citation needed]
The leaves and flowers of P. officinalis contains the flavonoids kaempferol-3- bioside, the 3-glucosides and 3-rutinosides of quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin, 3-sophorosides of quercetin and kaempferol and 3-neohesperosides of kaempferol and isorhamnetin. [4] They also contain caffeoylmalic and two pyrrole acids. [5]
It is in a different family from Anacyclus pyrethrum, also called pellitory.