Paronychia herniarioides |
Paronychia echinulata |
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coastal-plain nailwort |
Eurasian nailwort |
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Habit | Plants annual, matted; taproot filiform. | |
Stems | prostrate to erect, dichotomously branched, 3–20 cm, retrorsely to spreading- pubescent throughout. |
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Leaves | stipules ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–7 mm, apex acuminate, entire; blade elliptic to oblong or ovate, or basal ones spatulate, 2–18 × 1–6 mm, herbaceous to leathery, apex mucronate to short-spine-tipped, moderately antrorsely pubescent. |
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Inflorescences | diffuse, flowers solitary (paired) in axils of leafy bracts. |
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Flowers | 5-merous, broadly ovoid, with enlarged hypanthium and calyx tapering distally, 2–2.3 mm, glabrous to strigose; sepals brownish to yellowish, veins absent, subulate to lanceolate, 1–1.7 mm, leathery to rigid, margins whitish, 0.03–0.1 mm wide, papery, apex terminated by awn, hood obscure, small flange, awn straight to slightly divergent, yellow, 0.3–0.4 mm, scabrous to antrorsely strigose, spinose; staminodes narrowly triangular, 0.2–0.3 mm; style 1, cleft in distal 1/8, 0.7–0.9 mm. |
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Utricles | ellipsoid to subglobose, 0.5–0.8 mm, essentially smooth, glabrous. |
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Paronychia herniarioides |
Paronychia echinulata |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–fall. | |
Habitat | Sandy ridges, dunes, pine/oak woodland | |
Elevation | 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) | |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NC; SC
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CA; Europe (Medi-terranean region); sw Asia; Africa (nw Mediterranean region) |
Discussion | Varieties 2 (1 in the flora). Paronychia echinulata was for many years known as P. echinata Lamarck. The latter cannot be used since, as Chater noted, it is a superfluous name for Illecebrum cymosa Linnaeus [= P. cymosa (Linnaeus) de Candolle]. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 5, p. 38. | FNA vol. 5, p. 36. |
Parent taxa | Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Paronychioideae > Paronychia | Caryophyllaceae > subfam. Paronychioideae > Paronychia |
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Synonyms | Anychia herniarioides, Anychiastrum herniarioides, Gastronychia herniarioides | |
Name authority | (Michaux) Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 159. (1818) | Chater: Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 69: 52. (1964) |
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