Nettles

Pellitory-of-the-wall Roman Nettle Pellitory-of-the-wall Membraneous Nettle



Nettle Family - Urticaceae

Membraneous Nettle      Urtica membranacea

Native to macaronesia and the Mediterranean Region. An annual species; male and female flowers on the same plant, the male flowers higher up and in longer, one-sided clusters on flattened stems. The stems bear only two stipules at each node (four in other nettles).

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Roman Nettle      Urtica pilulifera

Native to the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to the Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan. Differs from other nettles in its flowers and fruits which are clustered into tight, rounded balls.

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Pellitory-of-the-wall      Parietaria judaica

native from Macaronesia and most of Europe, eastwards through the Mediterranean region to Central Asia and the Himalayan Region. A rather scruffy plant, compact at first, becoming taller as the flowering shoots grow; glossy leaves have well-marked, indented veins. Stems and leaf petioles reddish. Flowers tiny, in small clusters in the leaf axils, flower bracts fused at the base, about the same length as the flowers.

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Common Pellitory      Parietaria officinalis

native from Central Europe, eastwards through the Mediterranean region to Iran. Flowers small, in clusters in the leaf axils, flower bracts free, shorter than flowers. Leaves rather long-pointed.

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