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§1 Plant
Paronychia herniarioides (Michx.) Nutt.
vernacular coastal plain nailwort — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Paronychia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 32 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 32 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PAHE6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384703 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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