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Coastalplain Nailwort
Paronychia herniarioides
Paronychia herniarioides, commonly called coastal plain nailwort, is a threatened species of herbaceous annual flowering plant endemic to the U.S. southeastern coastal plain in the states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
From the article Paronychia herniarioides on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Paronychia herniarioides' limbs range from 5 to 35 cm (2.0 to 13.8 in) in length. Its leaves are obtuse and oblong-elliptical to spatulate in shape. They are 3 to 12 mm (0.12 to 0.47 in) in length and between 1.5 and 3.5 mm (0.059 and 0.138 in) in width.
Range & habitat
It occurs in the exposed, sandy soils of the fire-dependent habitats of the southeast including sandhill and scrub. It is rare across its range, except for Florida where it is still uncommon.
Its rarity is exemplified by the fact that the only evidence of its existence in North Carolina for over 200 years was the type specimen found by Michaux until its recent rediscovery in Scotland County, NC.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 166138.