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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia argyrocoma   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Paronychia argyrocoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Paronychia argyrocoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-02-001:

Paronychia argyrocoma   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Paronychia argyrocoma

 

COMMON NAME:
Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort


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image of Paronychia argyrocoma, Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paar4_001_lvd

        

image of Paronychia argyrocoma, Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

Diane Creaton    dmc03300

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Paronychia argyrocoma, Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

Diane Creaton    dmc03301

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Paronychia argyrocoma, Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

JK Marlow    jkm100626_037

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Leaves 0.4-1.2" long, entire, linear or lance-linear, and smooth to silky, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Paronychia argyrocoma, Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

JK Marlow    jkm100626_042

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Flowers mostly hidden by conspicuous silvery bracts; sepals white on margins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Paronychia argyrocoma, Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

JK Marlow    jkm100626_045

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Numerous silky-hairy, simple or forked stems, usually forming mats or tufts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Paronychia argyrocoma, Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

JK Marlow    jkm100626_050

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paronychia argyrocoma   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia argyrocoma   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paronychia argyrocoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Paronychia argyrocoma

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-02-001:
Paronychia argyrocoma   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paronychia argyrocoma

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3434

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Thin soils of rock outcrops, especially on mountain summits at medium to high elevations, disjunct to a few Piedmont monadnocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC 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 sepals
Petals absent
2-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

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