Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia americana | American Whitlow-wort | Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub. | S. SC south to GA and s. FL. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia argyrocoma | Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort | Thin soils of rock outcrops, especially on mountain summits at medium to high elevations, disjunct to a few Piedmont monadnocks. | A characteristic component of the summit flora of Southern Appalachian peaks, P. argyrocoma occurs in the mountains of New England (ME, NH, VT, and MA), and in the Southern Appalachians of WV, VA, NC, TN, n. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), and n. AL. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia baldwinii ssp. baldwinii | Annual Dune Whitlow-wort | Dry sandy sites, woodlands or dunes. | E. NC south to c. peninsular FL and west to AL (and LA?), on the Coastal Plain. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia baldwinii ssp. riparia | Perennial Dune Whitlow-wort | Dry sandy sites, woodlands or dunes. | Se. VA south to n. FL (and AL?), on the Coastal Plain. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia canadensis | Canada Whitlow-wort, Forked Chickweed | Dry rocky woods, shale barrens. | NH and s. ON west to MN, south to n. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), AL, n. AR, c. LA, and KS. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia chartacea | Paper Nailwort | Florida scrub and sandhills. Occurring in both xeric white and yellow sands. | Endemic to the FL peninsula, primarily occurring on the Lake Wales Ridge. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia discoveryi | Florida scrub and scrubby flatwoods, interior dunes, and longleaf pine sandhills. | Endemic to FL (at least Brevard, Hardee, Lake, Orange, St. Johns, and Volusia counties). | ![]() | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia drummondii | Drummond's Nailwort | Longleaf pine savannas, dunes. | OK south to w. LA e. TX, and s. TX. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia erecta var. corymbosa | Hairy Squareflower | Coastal dunes. | Panhandle FL west to se. LA. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia erecta var. erecta | Smooth Squareflower | Coastal dunes. | Panhandle FL west to s. MS. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia fastigiata var. fastigiata | Common Forked Whitlow-wort | Dry, usually rocky, woodlands, often on thin soil around outcrop edges. | MA and VT west to se. MN, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia fastigiata var. nuttallii | Pennsylvania Forked Whitlow-wort | Dry woods. | NY, sc. PA, n. VA, WV, e. TN, and w. NC. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia fastigiata var. paleacea | Green Forked Whitlow-wort | Dry, mostly rocky woodlands. | NJ, DE, and PA west to IL, south to VA, NC, KY, TN, MO, and TX. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia herniarioides | Michaux's Whitlow-wort | Sand barrens, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub. | Sc. NC south to c. peninsular FL and e. Panhandle FL. The occurrence of this species in NC (cited by Small, Chaudhri, and FNA) is based on the type specimen of André Michaux ("in arenosis aridis Carolinae septentrionalis"); the species has been relocated in NC (Scotland County) by Harry E. LeGrand, Jr, over two centuries later, apparently very close to where Michaux must have encountered it. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia jamesii | James's Nailwort | Rocky or sandy open areas, prairies and pastures, especially over calcareous rocks. | NE and se. WY south through KS, OK, and CO to TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, SON). | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia jonesii | Jones's Nailwort | Dunes, mesquital, dry grasslands. | Endemic in s. TX. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Nailwort | Rocky, sandy, or gravelly dry areas. | Mainly c. TX, south into Mexico. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia lundelliorum | Lundells' Nailwort | "In tight sandy soils over saline clay on microhighs within salty prairie grasslands dominated by Spartina spartinae and in upper portions of saline flats surrounding short drainages and brackish basins typical of the South Texas Sand Sheet" (Poole, Carr, & Price 2007). | Endemic to s. TX (Brooks, Kenedy, and Kleberg counties). | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia minima | Crystal Lake Nailwort | White sand of exposed karst lake shores. | Endemic to the Panhandle FL (Bay and Washington counties). | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia montana | Shale-barren Whitlow-wort | Dry rock outcrops and talus barrens, especially on shale barrens. | C. PA (and OH?) south through w. VA and e. WV to a few localities in NC, TN, GA, and AL. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia patula | Pineland Nailwort | Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy disturbed areas. | Sw. GA west to s. AL, south to c. peninsular FL. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia rugelii | Sand-squares, Rugel's Nailwort | Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods. | S. GA and se. AL south to c. peninsular FL. | ![]() |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia scoparia | Texas Whitlow-wort | Limestone outcrops. | AR and sw. MO (McDonald County) south to e. and sc. TX and COA. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia setacea | Bristle Nailwort | Grasslands. | E., c. and s. TX. | |
Caryophyllaceae | Paronychia virginica | Virginia Whitlow-wort | Shale barrens, rocky riversides, calcareous rock outcrops and talus, serpentine outcrops. | W. & c. MD, DC, w. VA, e. WV, e. TN (J. Gorrell, pers.comm., 2022), ec. GA, and c. AL. | ![]() |