Index / Search / Paronychia jamesii
§1 Plant
Paronychia jamesii Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular James' nailwort — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Paronychia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 196 counties across 8 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 196 counties across 8 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Custer 40039
- Dewey 40043
- Ellis 40045
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Jefferson 40067
- Kiowa 40075
- Logan 40083
- McClain 40087
- Oklahoma 40109
- Roger Mills 40129
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Texas view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Borden 48033
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Carson 48065
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Coleman 48083
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Floyd 48153
- Foard 48155
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Kendall 48259
- King 48269
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- McCulloch 48307
- Mitchell 48335
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Schleicher 48413
- Sherman 48421
- Stephens 48429
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Terry 48445
- Tom Green 48451
- Val Verde 48465
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Wilbarger 48487
- Winkler 48495
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PAJA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384689 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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