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Hairy forked nailwort

Paronychia fastigiata

Also called Branching Forked Whitlow Wort, Cluster Stemmed Nailwort, Low Forked Chickweed, Forked Chickweed

Hairy forked nailwort
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

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Paronychia fastigiata, common names hairy forked chickweed, hairy forked nailwort, and forked chickweed, is an annual plant native to North America.

Other Paronychia plants

Ahart's nailwort · Silver Nailroot · Silvery nailwort · Paper nailwort · Drummond's nailwort · San Francisco nailwort · Coastal plain nailwort · Large Flowered Nailwort · Rugel's nailwort · Creeping nailwort · Nailwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paronychia fastigiata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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