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Coastal plain nailwort

Paronychia herniarioides

Coastal plain nailwort
Photo: Dsandii, CC BY 4.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Paronychia herniarioides, commonly called coastal plain nailwort, is a threatened species of herbaceous annual flowering plant endemic to the U.S. southeastern coastal plain in the states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Where it grows

It occurs in the exposed, sandy soils of the fire-dependent habitats of the southeast including sandhill and scrub. It is rare across its range, except for Florida where it is still uncommon.

Other Paronychia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paronychia herniarioides 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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