PELLITORY OF THE WALL
Parietaria Judaica
Nettle Family [Urticaceae] 
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Nettle Family [Urticaceae]
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| 17th Aug 2007, Whatstandwell, Cromford & High Peak Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
| It takes root in cracks in walls. |
| 17th Aug 2007, Whatstandwell, Cromford & High Peak Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
| Spreading across the surface about a foot across, and perhaps up to 8 inches high. |
| 17th Aug 2007, Whatstandwell, Cromford & High Peak Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves are lanceolate, shiny, with prominent veins. |
| 17th Aug 2007, Whatstandwell, Cromford & High Peak Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
| Clusters of tiny red male flowers grow in the leaf axils. |
| 25th Sept 2008, Silverdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| Whereas tiny female flowers grow at the tip of the stem (those in the leaf axils further down the stem are male). The flowers have four tiny petals. |
| 17th Aug 2007, Whatstandwell, Cromford & High Peak Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves are alternate along the stem. |
| 17th Aug 2007, Whatstandwell, Cromford & High Peak Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
| Every part is covered in short white hairs. |
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Some similarities to : Minute female flowers grow at the tips of the stems, whereas the male flowers grow in clusters within the leaf axils.
The pollen of Pellitory of the Wall contains a dodecapeptide which accommodates the strangely-named dominant epitopes ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
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Nettle Family [Urticaceae]
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