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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Paronychia''
| image =
| image_width = 80px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
| genus = '''''Paronychia'''''
| genus_authority = [[P.Mill.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
110+, see text
}}
'''''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.
The genus ''[[Siphonychia]]'' has been incorporated into ''Paronychia'' by botanists.
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.
Selected species:
*''[[Paronychia canadensis]]'' - smooth-forked nailwort
*''[[Paronychia fastigiata]]'' - hairy-forked nailwort
*''[[Paronychia jamesii]]'' - James' nailwort
*''[[Paronychia sessiliflora]]'' - creeping nailwort
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PARON USDA Plants Profile: North American species]
{{Caryophyllales-stub}}
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Paronychia''
| image =
| image_width = 80px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Caryophyllaceae]]
| genus = '''''Paronychia'''''
| genus_authority = [[P.Mill.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
110+, see text
}}
'''''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.
The genus ''[[Siphonychia]]'' has been incorporated into ''Paronychia'' by botanists.
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.
Selected species:
*''[[Paronychia canadensis]]'' - smooth-forked nailwort
*''[[Paronychia fastigiata]]'' - hairy-forked nailwort
*''[[Paronychia jamesii]]'' - James' nailwort
*''[[Paronychia sessiliflora]]'' - creeping nailwort
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PARON USDA Plants Profile: North American species]
{{Caryophyllales-stub}}
[[Category:Caryophyllaceae]]
