Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Urticaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Parietaria L., Sp. Pl. 1052 (1753)
 Description

Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes woody at base, without stinging hairs. Lvs alternate, entire, exstipulate. Cymes axillary. Fls inconspicuous, ☿ or unisexual, bracteolate. Perianth green or variously tinged; perianth of ♀ fls 4-partite; perianth of ☿ fls 4-partite, connate at base at flowering, becoming tubular and 4-toothed at fruiting; ☿ fls strongly protogynous. Achenes enclosed in perianth and sometimes in bracteoles.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Parietaria L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total3
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.