Paronychia (plant)
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| Paronychia argentea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Paronychia Mill. |
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Paronychia is a genus of plants in the family
perennial
in life span. Some species have a woody base. For the most part they have small, white to yellow-white colored flowers that are often hidden within the paired bracts.
The genus Siphonychia has been incorporated into Paronychia by botanists.
The common names for some of the species include chickweed, nailwort, and Whitlow-wort. The genus gets its name from the disease of the fingernails which it was once thought to cure. Traditional healers in modern-day use species of this genus to treat kidney stones.[1]
Selected species
- Paronychia ahartii – Ahart's nailwort
- Paronychia argentea – Algerian tea[2]
- Paronychia argyrocoma – Silvery nailwort[3]
- Paronychia canadensis – smooth-forked nailwort
- Paronychia chartacea – paper nailwort
- Paronychia drummondii – Drummond's nailwort
- Paronychia fastigiata – hairy-forked nailwort
- Paronychia franciscana – San Francisco nailwort
- Paronychia jamesii – James' nailwort
- Paronychia palaestina[4]
- Paronychia rugelii – Rugel's nailwort
- Paronychia sessiliflora – creeping nailwort
- Paronychia virginica – Virginia nailwort or Yellow nailwort[5]
References
- PMID 28482898.
- ^ "Paronychia argentea Lam". Plants For A Future.
- ^ "Paronychia argyrocoma (Michx.) Nutt. - silvery nailwort". Natural Resources Conservation Services, United States Department of Agriculture.
- ^ "Paronychia palaestina Eig | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
- ^ "Paronychia virginica Spreng. – yellow nailwort". Natural Resources Conservation Services, United States Department of Agriculture.
External links
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