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PARIETARIA OFFICINALIS
Spanish: Parietaria o hierba de muros
Estonian: Harilik Juudinõges
English: Pellitory-of.the-wall
Catalan: Herba de murs
Turkish: Pellitory-duvarinin
Albanian: Pellitory- e murit
Portuguese: Parietaria
FRUIT
It is a nut (dried fruit) oval glossy
black that contains only inside a seed
and will engage intensely on the
clothes or the hairs of animals.
LEAVES
The leaves are alternate stalked and
diamond or oval shape finished in
tip, presented two pairs of lateral
nerves, which can be on both sides
of the sheet and the bottom pair is
originated some mm above the base
of the blade and they are covered
with hairs with whole plant.
The leaves have a bright green color
to the reverse.
It is a species of flowering plants belonging to the
family Urticaceae.
It extends over central and southern Europe, Western
Asia and North Africa
It is a very common plant that grows on the walls of
abandoned buildings, old walls and ruins.
FLOWER
The flowers are born in the axils of the
upper leaves and appear depending on the
condition of the environment.They are all
green and that in some cases you can see
a bit of color red and are presented
grouped.