Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paronychia canadensis
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Paronychia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia canadensis
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paronychia canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Paronychia canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-02-005:
Paronychia canadensis FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anychia canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Forked Chickweed, Canada Whitlow-wort, Smooth Forked Nailwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anca16_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4547
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaf blade usually dotted or blotched, elliptic to obovate, herbaceous, glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4560
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Stems erect, dichotomously branched, 3-40cm, ultimate branches filiform, glabrous, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paronychia canadensis
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia canadensis
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paronychia canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Paronychia canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-02-005:
Paronychia canadensis
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anychia canadensis
1029
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Dry rocky woods, shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Brownish sepals with white margins
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
Petals absent
2-5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p276
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p457
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