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Creeping nailwort

Paronychia sessiliflora

Also called Low Nailwort, Nailwort, Stemless Nailwort

Creeping nailwort
Photo: aspidoscelis, CC0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
WC. Canada to WC. & C. U.S.A.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Paronychia sessiliflora, the creeping nailwort, is a plant in the family Cayophyllaceae known from arid and semi arid environments in North America other common names include low nailwort.

Where it grows

The plant grows from south-western Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan) through the western United States from Montana to New Mexico, as well as east to Texas.

Other Paronychia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paronychia sessiliflora 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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