Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paronychia virginica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read about Nailwort from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia virginica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paronychia virginica
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Paronychia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Paronychia virginica var. virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Paronychia virginica ssp. virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paronychia dichotoma
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Nailwort, Virginia Whitlow-wort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_padi13_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paronychia virginica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia virginica
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paronychia virginica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Paronychia virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Paronychia virginica var. virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Paronychia virginica ssp. virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paronychia dichotoma
4217
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Shale barrens, rocky riversides, calcareous rock outcrops and talus, serpentine outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia & north of the Carolinas
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 spine-tipped sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p255
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p226
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