Paronychia rugelii

Paronychia rugelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Paronychia
Species: P. rugelii
Binomial name
Paronychia rugelii
(Chapm.) Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Forcipella rugelii (Chapm.) Small
  • Gibbesia rugelii (Chapm.) Small
  • Odontonychia interior Small
  • Paronychia rugelii var. interior (Small) Chaudhri
  • Siphonychia interior (Small) Core
  • Siphonychia rugelii Chapm.

Paronychia rugelii, common name Rugel's nailwort, is a plant native to the US States of Georgia and Florida. It can be found in woodlands and on disturbed sites at elevations below 200 m (667 feet).[3]

Paronychia rugelii is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, nearly the entire above-ground parts with hairs. Leaves are ovate to lanceolate, up to 6 mm (0.24 inches)long. Flowers are reddish-brown and white.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ Flora of North America v 5
  4. ↑ Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. Flora of the southern United States: containing an abridged description of the flowering plants and ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida: arranged according to the natural system. p 47. 1860.
  5. ↑ Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. Flora of the southern United States (ed. 3) 397. 1897.
  6. ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
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