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 canadensis   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Paronychia canadensis, Forked Chickweed, Canada Whitlow-wort, Smooth Forked Nailwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_anca16_001_lvd

        

image of Paronychia canadensis, Forked Chickweed, Canada Whitlow-wort, Smooth Forked Nailwort

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.

image of Paronychia canadensis, Forked Chickweed, Canada Whitlow-wort, Smooth Forked Nailwort

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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