Parietaria micrantha Ledeb.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Subfamily : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Freirea australis Nees; Freirea debilis (G.Forst.) Jarm.; Freirea erecta Phil.; Freirea gracilis (Lowe) Jarm.; Freirea humifusa Gay; Freirea laxiflora (Engl.) Jarm.; Freirea micrantha (Ledeb.) Jarm.; Freirea ruwenzoriensis (Cortesi) Jarm.; Freirea squalida (Hook.f.) Jarm.; Freirea steudelii Blume; Parietaria appendiculata Webb & Berthel.; Parietaria australis Blume; Parietaria australis var. glandulifera Blume; Parietaria carnosula Blume; Parietaria coreana Nakai; Parietaria debilis var. australis (Nees) J.M.Black; Parietaria debilis var. gracilis (Lowe) Wedd.; Parietaria debilis var. micrantha (Ledeb.) Wedd.; Parietaria debilis var. squalida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.; Parietaria fernandeziana (Steud.) Náves; Parietaria gracilis Lowe; Parietaria humifusa Blume; Parietaria laxiflora Engl.; Parietaria ruwenzoriensis Cortesi; Parietaria ruwenzoriensis subsp. keniensis Gebauer; Parietaria scandens Engl.; Parietaria squalida Hook.f.; Urtica debilis (G.Forst.) Endl.; Urtica fernandeziana Steud.; Urtica freireiformis Steud.; Urtica parietariifolia Bertero ex Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Parietaria debilis G.Forst.
  • Common name : Pellitory
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Shady, wet places, rocky mountain slopes, grasslands, wall of villages; 700 - 3500 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : The plants are used as medicines to draw out pus and reduce swelling.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Native : Altay, Amur, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Chatham Is., China, Chita, Djibouti, European Russia, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Ke
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Old World and Azores
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 219
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 133
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Parietaria micrantha. Downloaded on 3 November 2024.

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