Parietaria and Urtica

John Holst · Post by **John Holst** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:58 pm

I think these are Parietaria diffusa ( = P. judaica), Urtica dubia ( = U. membranacea) and Urtica urens.

John Holst · Post by **John Holst** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:59 pm

Same specimen, close-up.

John Holst · Post by **John Holst** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:00 pm

No. 2

John Holst · Post by **John Holst** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:02 pm

Found in the shadows of a bush.

John Holst · Post by **John Holst** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:04 pm

Found in an area that might be very wet in the rainy season.

John Holst · Post by **John Holst** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:06 pm

Very common in Denmark in gardens when the soil is disturbed, and I think it must be U. urens.

John Holst · Post by **John Holst** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:10 pm

Found in a marvellous garigue area within Mellieha City. This garigue wont survive for long I guess. Its not plants like U. urens which threatens the garigue habitat, but I fear that next time I visit the town, the area has houses in stead of nature.

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:48 pm

yes unfortunately most of malta is becoming a concrete base.

Post by **MWP admin** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:01 pm

Regards the Urtica you are right, while for the Parietaria, can you send me large images to my email? Parietaria judaica is quite variable according to habitat