Urticaceae
Pellitory-of-the-wall
Parietaria judaica
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Parietaria
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- حشيشة الزجاج اليهودية
- arz
- حشيشة الزجاج اليهوديه
- Asturian
- Paletiella
- Czech
- Drnavec palestinský
- Dutch
- Klein glaskruid
- English
- Pellitory-of-the-wall, Spreading pellitory
- Estonian
- Punane juudinõges
- Finnish
- Rentomuuriyrtti
- French
- Pariétaire diffuse
- German
- Ausgebreitetes Glaskraut, Niederliegendes Glaskraut
- Greek
- Περδικάκι
- Hebrew
- כתלית יהודה
- hsb
- Hałžkaty sćěnowc
- Irish
- Feabhraíd reatha
- Lithuanian
- Šakotoji sienžolė
- Malayalam
- നെയ്ക്കുപ്പ
- mwl
- Palitária, Paritária
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blidnesle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Blidnesle
- Persian
- گوشموش افشان
- Portuguese
- Alfavaca-da-cobra, Erva-apolinária, Erva-dos-muros, Parietária
- Slovenian
- Razrasla krišina
- Spanish
- Albahaca de rio, Albahaca de río, Hierba caracolera, Hierba ratonera, Ortiguilla muerta, Paletaria
- Swedish
- Grenig väggört
- Ukrainian
- Настінниця розлога
- Walloon
- Håyné trawe-meur
- Welsh
- Paladr y wal
Synonyms
- Parietaria officinalis subsp. judaica (L.) Bég.
- Parietaria officinalis var. judaica (L.) Hochr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franco Folini, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Malte, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malte, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franco Folini, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lucyin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DidierFy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.