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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Paronychia''<br /> | image = <br /> | image_width = 80px<br /> | image_caption = <br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]<br /> | familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]<br /> | genus = '''''Paronychia'''''<br /> | genus_authority = [[P.Mill.]]<br /> | subdivision_ranks = Species<br /> | subdivision =<br /> 110+, see text<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Paronychia''''' is a genus of plants in the [[Caryophyllaceae|pink family]] with over 110 species worldwide, mostly from warm-temperate North America, Eurasia, South America and Africa. They are [[herb]]s that are [[annual]] or [[Biennial plant|biennial]] or [[perennial plant|perennial]] in life span. Some species have a woody base. For the most part they have small, white to yellow-white colored flowers that are often hidden with in the paired bracts.<br /> <br /> The genus ''[[Siphonychia]]'' has been incorporated into ''Paronychia'' by botanists.<br /> <br /> The common names for some of the species include '''chickweed''', '''nailwort''', and '''Whitlow-wort'''. The genus gets its name from the [[Paronychia|disease of the fingernails]] which it was once thought to cure.<br /> <br /> Selected species:<br /> *''[[Paronychia canadensis]]'' - smooth-forked nailwort<br /> *''[[Paronychia fastigiata]]'' - hairy-forked nailwort<br /> *''[[Paronychia jamesii]]'' - James' nailwort<br /> *''[[Paronychia sessiliflora]]'' - creeping nailwort<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PARON USDA Plants Profile: North American species]<br /> {{Caryophyllales-stub}}<br /> [[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]</div>

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