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pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria judaica

Parietaria judaica, with common names spreading pellitory or pellitory of the wall, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Urticaceae, commonly nicknamed sticky-weed. The plant's pollen is highly allergenic. In Australia it is also known as asthma weed, due to the high incidence of allergy. It is unrelated to the herb pellitory (Anacyclus pyrethrum). It is easily confused with the very similar species Parietaria officinalis.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

pellitory-of-the-wall in Living Images of Plants

Living Images of Plants

Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.362

pellitory-of-the-wall in Latin Herbal

Latin Herbal

1484 · p.219

pellitory-of-the-wall in Herbarius

Herbarius

1485 · p.220

pellitory-of-the-wall in Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

1486 · p.217

pellitory-of-the-wall in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.302

pellitory-of-the-wall in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.302

pellitory-of-the-wall in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

1507 · p.245

pellitory-of-the-wall in The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

1532 · p.244

pellitory-of-the-wall in On the Names of Plants

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.265

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57281.