OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paronychia montana   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia montana   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

Paronychia montana

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

Paronychia fastigiata var. pumila

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Paronychia montana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-02-004?:

Paronychia fastigiata   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Paronychia fastigiata var. pumila

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

Anychiastrum montanum

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort


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image of Paronychia montana, Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_anmo6_001_lvd

        

image of Paronychia montana, Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

Gemma Milly    gcm_072023_4675

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Sepals not petaloid, green, sometimes scarious-margined; perigynous zone ~ shorter than sepals, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Paronychia montana, Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4605

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Often just 4-6" tall, branches horizontal or wide-spreading. Leaves often ~ 1/2" long or less, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Paronychia montana, Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4613

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaves narrowly elliptic and tapered (cuneate) to the base, as in P. fastigiata, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Paronychia montana, Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4615

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Paronychia montana, Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

Samantha Tessel    sam_072023_4671

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Anthers 0.25-0.3mm in diameter; stipular bracts subtending flowers ~ 0.5× as long as the flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Paronychia montana, Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

Samantha Tessel    sam_072023_4673

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Style elongate, 0.6-0.75mm long, often bent, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paronychia montana   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paronychia montana   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Paronychia fastigiata var. pumila

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paronychia montana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-02-004?:
Paronychia fastigiata   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Paronychia fastigiata var. pumila

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4805

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Dry rock outcrops and talus barrens, especially on shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves are subtended by stipules.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Utricle

 

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