Parietaria

The name Parietaria judaica may not sound familiar to you but it's time you know what it does.

Article Source Bill Holton 2009

For Trajan erected many famous monuments and buildings, insomuch as Constantine the Great in emulation was wont to call him Parietaria, “wall-flower,” because his name was upon so many walls; but his buildings and works were more of glory and triumph than use and necessity.

The Advancement of Learning 2003

Holostea (greater stitchwort); also Parietaria Officinalis (wall pellitory), not yet in bloom, and in a pond Stratiotes Aloides (water soldier) in great abundance.

Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter

The decoction of _Parietaria_, says Gerard, "helpeth such as are troubled with an old cough."

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

A plant belonging to the order of Nettles, the Pellitory of the Wall, or Paritory -- _Parietaria_, from the Latin _parietes_, walls -- is a favourite Herbal Simple in many [424] rural districts.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The _Parietaria_, or Pellitory of the wall, is named Lichwort, from growing on stones.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The facts noted in Darwin's copy are the explosive stamens of Parietaria, the submerged flowers of Alisma containing air, the manner of fertilisation of

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845

(Parietaria judaica), a stingless nettle relative.

SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010

For Trajan erected many famous monuments and buildings, insomuch as Constantine the Great in emulation was wont to call him Parietaria, "wall-flower," because his name was upon so many walls; but his buildings and works were more of glory and triumph than use and necessity.

The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593