PLANTS Profile for Paronychia canadensis (smooth forked nailwort)

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Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood
smooth forked nailwort

Symbol:

PACA11

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood

Anychia canadensis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 30. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood

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Synonyms:
Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood

	ANCA16	Anychia canadensis (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
	ANDI7	Anychia dichotoma Michx.
	PADI13	Paronychia dichotoma (Michx.) A. Nelson

Distribution:
Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 28 species in Paronychia

Classification:
Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Paronychia Mill. – nailwort
Species	Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood – smooth forked nailwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Minnesota:
Canadian forked chickweed		Threatened
New Hampshire:
smooth-forked chickweed		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20325.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 05:13 PM CDT