OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Paronychia virginica   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key

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

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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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
 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

 

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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

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 spine-tipped sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer

 

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