Parietaria officinalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Genus: | Parietaria |
Species: | P. officinalis |
Binomial name | |
Parietaria officinalis L. |
Parietaria officinalis, the eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, also known as upright pellitory 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.
The pollen is a cause of allergy.
It was once used in the making of certain metheglins.
The leaves and flowers of P. officianlis contains 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. They also contains caffeoylmalic and two pyrrole acids.
It is in a different family from Anacyclus pyrethrum, also called pellitory.