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Pellitory
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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in botany, the common name for a small hairy perennial herb which grows on old walls, hedgebanks and similar localities, and is known botanically as Parietaria oficinalis (Lat. paries, a wall). It has a short woody rootstock from which spring erect or spreading stems 1 to 2 ft. long, bearing slender leafy branches, and axillary clusters of small green flowers. It belongs to the nettle order (Urticaceae), and is nearly allied to the nettle, Urtica, but its hairs are not stinging.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pellitory'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pellitory.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pellitory'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pellitory.html. 1910.
