Parietaria officinalis
Species of flowering plant
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Parietaria |
| Species: | P. officinalis |
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Uses
It was once used in the making of certain metheglins.[citation needed]
Chemistry
The leaves and flowers of P. officinalis contain 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]
See also
It is in a different family from Anacyclus pyrethrum, also called pellitory.
