PLANTS Profile for Paronychia sessiliflora (creeping nailwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Paronychia sessiliflora Nutt.
creeping nailwort

Symbol:

PASE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Paronychia sessiliflora Nutt.

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Distribution:
Paronychia sessiliflora Nutt.


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USA (AZ, CO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY), CAN (AB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Paronychia sessiliflora Nutt.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 28 species in Paronychia

Classification:
Paronychia sessiliflora Nutt.

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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 sessiliflora Nutt. – creeping nailwort

More Accounts and Images:
Paronychia sessiliflora Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 20346.

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 01:04 AM MST