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Profile Date
Oct-07 (taxon update: 14-Aug-2017)
Citation for this page
Mifsud, S. (2021) Parietaria cretica profile created on Oct-07. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 24-May-2022
Nomenclature and Basic Information
Species name :
Parietaria creticaL.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 1052 (1753)
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)
No Main Synonyms
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 :
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021)
Red List (1989) :
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.)
Flowering Time :
February – April
Colour of Flowers:
Inconspicuous
Name Derivation :
Parietaria:
cretica: Related to or from the Mediterranean island of Crete. (Latin origin )
Description, Habitat 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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Species Images (4 images)
Parietaria cretica - Image Code: PARCR-0.
Parietaria cretica - Image Code: PARCR-1.
Parietaria cretica - Image Code: PARCR-2.
Parietaria cretica - Image Code: PARCR-3.
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
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