Paronychia argyrocoma explained

Paronychia argyrocoma, the silvery nailwort or silverling, is a plant species native to the eastern United States. It has a disjunct distribution, found in New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts) and the Appalachian Mountains of the Southeast (Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland) but not from New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania in between. The species grows on rocky sites at elevations of 200–1800 m.^[1]

Paronychia argyrocoma is a perennial herb with a woody caudex, forming mats covering significant areas of ground. Stems are prostrate to ascending, highly branched, up to 60 cm long. Leaves are leathery, lanceolate, up to 3 cm long. Flowers are borne in glomerules (clumps) of up to 25 flowers, each greenish-brown and covered with long silky hairs and spines on the calyx lobes.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
2. Web site: Paronychia argyrocoma in Flora of North America @ efloras.org. efloras.org.
3. Web site: v.1 1818 - The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. - Biodiversity Heritage Library. biodiversitylibrary.org.
4. Web site: v.1 - Flora boreali-americana - Biodiversity Heritage Library. biodiversitylibrary.org.
5. Web site: v.8 (1906) - Rhodora - Biodiversity Heritage Library. biodiversitylibrary.org.
6. Löve, Áskell & Löve, Doris Benta Maria. 1965. University of Colorado Studies : Series in Biology 17: 20.
7. Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
8. Small, J. K. 1933. Manual of the Southeastern Flora i–xxii, 1–1554.