Paronychia americana (Nuttall) Fenzl ex Walpers. Common name: American Whitlow-wort. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub. Distribution: S. SC south to GA and s. FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Two taxa have been questionably distinguished. Ssp. americana, with the cymes many-flowered and forming spheroidal glomerules, has the range of the species; ssp. pauciflora (Small) Chaudhri, differing in its laxer, more open cymes, is restricted to s. GA and n. FL.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA5, K4, WH3, Shinners (1962h), Ward (1977a), Ward (1977b); > Paronychia americana (Nutt.) Fenzl ex Walp. — RAB; > Paronychia americana (Nutt.) Fenzl ex Walp. ssp. americana — Chaudhri (1968); > Paronychia americana (Nutt.) Fenzl ex Walp. ssp. pauciflora (Small) Chaudhri — Chaudhri (1968); > Siphonychia americana (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray — S, S13; > Siphonychia pauciflora Small — S, S13; Herniaria americana Nuttall. Basionym: Herniaria americana Nutt. 1822
Links to other floras: = Paronychia americana - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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