Urticaceae
Upright pellitory
Parietaria officinalis
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Parietaria
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- حبيقة, حريقة, حشيشة الريح, لسان الطير, ودن الفار
- Catalan
- Blet de paret, Herba de mur, Herba de paret, Herba roquera, Rocamorella, Vitriaria
- Corsican
- Vitriola
- Czech
- Drnavec lékařský
- Danish
- Murnælde
- Dutch
- Groot glaskruid
- English
- Upright pellitory, Erect pellitory-of-the-wall, Lichwort, Pellitory-of-the-wall
- Estonian
- Harilik juudinõges
- Finnish
- Pystymuuriyrtti
- French
- Pariétaire officinale, Herbe à bouteille, Parietaire officinale, Pariétaire, Perce-muraille
- German
- Aufrechtes Glaskraut, Gemeines Glaskraut
- grc
- Ἑλξίνη
- Hungarian
- Falgyom, Falifű, Romfű
- Irish
- Feabhraíd dhíreach
- Italian
- Erba vento, Erba vetriola
- lij
- Canigèa
- Occitan
- Paredalha
- Polish
- Pomurnik lekarski
- Slovenian
- Navadna krišina
- Spanish
- Albahaca de culebra, Canarroya, Caracolera, Cañarroya, Hierba del muro
- Swedish
- Väggört
- Turkish
- Duvar fesleğeni, Yapışkan otu
- vec
- Erba veriola
Synonyms
- Helxine dioscoridis Bubani
- Parietaria assurgens Poir.
- Parietaria canescens Blume
- Parietaria diffusa Schur
- Parietaria erecta Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Parietaria muralis Salisb.
- Parietaria nitens K.Koch
- Parietaria nitida Miq.
- Parietaria officinalis subsp. erecta (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Parietaria officinalis unranked elatior Clementi
- Parietaria officinalis var. erecta (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Bab.
- Parietaria populifolia Nyman
- Parietaria rubicunda Pohl ex Miq.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 95 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Filippo Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dawid Juszczak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leila Filipovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniele Giugia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sophie Vaillant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Philip Schaffer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Malte, CC BY 3.0, 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.