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Paronychia chartacea (paper nailwort; papery whitlow-wort)

Synonyms: Nyachia pulvinata (homotypic); Paronychia chartacea chartacea; Paronychia chartacea var. chartacea; Paronychia pulvinata (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Paronychia chartacea is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family 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.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [1]  Herb

Citations

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1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0