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Paronychia chartacea
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Paronychia chartacea is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names papery Whitlow-wort and paper nailwort. It is endemic to Florida in the United States. There are two subspecies of the plant; ssp. chartacea occurs in Central Florida, especially the Lake Wales Ridge, and ssp. minima is native to the Florida Panhandle. The two subspecies are geographically separated and do not occur together. Both are included on the federal Endangered Species List, on which the species is designated threatened.
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Paronychia chartacea
- Slug
- paronychia-chartacea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Paronychia
- Species
- chartacea
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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