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Parietaria cretica (Cretan Pellitory-of-the-wall) |
Parietaria cretica (URTICACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Parietaria creticaL.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 1052 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Urticaceae
Juss. (The Nettle Family)
7 species from the Urticaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Cretan Pellitory-of-the-wall | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Soon to be updated...
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Feb-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
A diffuse or ascending annual or perennial up to 50 cm. Leaves up to 1 cm, ovate or elliptical. Bracts of each cyme becoming brown and connate, forming a 5-lobed involucre around the fruit. Achenes brown. |
Distributional range: |
Greece and Aegean region also on small islands W. & S. of Sicilia. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Crete, Greece, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? AE(G) Cr Gr Li Sa Si(S) Tu(A) |
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.JPG "Parietaria cretica / Cretan Pellitory-of-the-wall / Maltese name not known")
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.JPG "Parietaria cretica / Cretan Pellitory-of-the-wall / Maltese name not known")
