Paronychia franciscana

Eastwood

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 288. 1901.

Common names: San Francisco nailwort
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 38. Mentioned on page 32.

Plants perennial, mat-forming; caudex branched, woody. Stems prostrate, usually much-branched throughout, 5–50 cm, pubescent. Leaves: stipules ovate-lanceolate, 3–6 mm, apex narrowly acute to long-acuminate, entire; blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–10 × 1.5–2.5 mm, ± fleshy, apex spinulous, entire, ± moderately antrorsely appressed-pubescent. Cymes axillary, inconspicuous, 2–6-flowered, tightly congested. Flowers 5-merous, short-cylindric, with enlarged hypanthium and calyx cylindric to slightly tapering distally, 1.9–2.4 mm, glabrous, sepals puberulent distally; sepals greenish, becoming reddish brown, midrib and lateral pair of veins often apparent, oblong to ovate, 1.2–1.3 mm, herbaceous, margins translucent, ca. 0.1 mm wide, scarious, apex terminated by awn, hood broadly rounded, awn erect, 0.5–0.7 mm, conic in proximal 1/6 with whitish, smooth spine; staminodes absent; styles 2, 0.2–0.3 mm. Utricles ± globose to 4-angled, 1.2–1.3 mm, papillate distally.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Grassy hills
Elevation: 20-300 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Calif., South America (Chile).

Discussion

Although Paronychia franciscana was described from California, where it has been known from the San Francisco area since 1887, the species is native in Chile.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Paronychia franciscana"
Ronald L. Hartman +, John W. Thieret +  and Richard K. Rabeler +
Eastwood +
San Francisco nailwort +
Calif. +  and South America (Chile). +
20-300 m +
Grassy hills +
Flowering spring. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Introduced +
Anychia +, Anychiastrum +, Gastronychia +, Gibbesia +, Nyachia +, Odontonychia +  and Siphonychia +
Paronychia franciscana +
Paronychia +
species +