Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paronychia montana
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anmo6_001_lvd
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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).
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4615
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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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).
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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
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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