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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Parietaria judaica |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Urticaceae |
| Family common name(s) | nettle |
| Genus common name(s) | parietaria; wall pellitory; wall-pellitory; lichwort |
| Species common name(s) | spreading pellitory; asthma-weed pellitory; asthma weed pellitory; sticky-weed pellitory; sticky weed pellitory; weed pellitory; Kirribilli curse |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wall pellitory, pellitory-of-the-wall, pellitory of the wall are applied to multiple Parietaria taxa; pellitory, asthmaweed, asthma-weed, asthma weed, sticky-weed, sticky weed, sticky-weed, stickyweed are applied to taxa in multiple families; dead-nettle, dead nettle, deadnettle are more commonly applied to Lamiaceae |
