Paronychia rugelii

Paronychia rugelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Paronychia
Species:
P. rugelii
Binomial name
Paronychia rugelii
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] They are sometimes referred to as sand squares.[4]

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.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ Flora of North America v 5
  4. ^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)".
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. Flora of the southern United States (ed. 3) 397. 1897.
  7. ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.