Species of plant
Paronychia rugelii
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Order:
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Caryophyllales
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Family:
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Caryophyllaceae
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Genus:
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Paronychia
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Species:
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P. rugelii
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Binomial name
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Paronychia rugelii
(Chapm.) Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
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Synonyms[1][2]
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- Forcipella rugelii (Chapm.) Small
- Gibbesia rugelii (Chapm.) Small
- Odontonychia interior Small
- Paronychia rugelii var. interior (Small) Chaudhri
- Siphonychia interior (Small) Core
- Siphonychia rugelii Chapm.
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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]
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Flora of North America v 5
- ^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. Flora of the southern United States (ed. 3) 397. 1897.
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.