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Revision as of 16:17, 1 February 2016

Paronychia chartacea
Paro char.jpg
Photo by Shirley Denton (copyrighted- use by photographer’s permission only), Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Paronychia
Species: P. chartacea
Binomial name
Paronychia chartacea
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Natural range of Paronychia chartacea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: paper nailwort

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Paronychia chartacea is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, P. chartacea has been found in sand pine scrubs with Hypericum cumulicola (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Tephrosia, Polanisia, and Hypericum (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers August through November and fruits in October (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Paronychia chartacea at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis

Pompilidae: Anoplius semirufus, Episyron conterminus posterus

Sphecidae: Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis

Vespidae: Leptochilus krombeini, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, L.J. Brass, Angus Gholson, Robert K. Godfrey, Ann Johnson, Beverly Judd, Walter Judd, Olga Lakela, Eric S. Menges, Susan Wallace, D.B. Ward. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Highlands, Polk, Washington. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.