Paronychia rugelii

Paronychia rugelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Paronychia
Species:	P. rugelii
Binomial name
Paronychia rugelii (Chapm.) Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
Synonyms [1] [2]
Forcipella rugelii(Chapm.) Small Gibbesia rugelii(Chapm.) Small Odontonychia interiorSmall Paronychia rugelii var. interior (Small) Chaudhri Siphonychia interior(Small) Core Siphonychia rugeliiChapm.

Paronychia rugelii, common names Rugel's nailwort and sand-squares, is a plant native to the US states of Georgia and Florida. It can be found in woodlands and on disturbed sites at elevations below 200 m (667 feet). ^[3] They are sometimes referred to as sand squares. ^[4]

Paronychia rugelii is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, nearly the entire above-ground parts with hairs. Leaves are ovate to lanceolate, up to 6 mm (0.24 inches) long. Flowers are reddish-brown and white. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Tropicos
2. The Plant List
3. Flora of North America v 5
4. "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)".
5. Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. Flora of the southern United States: containing an abridged description of the flowering plants and ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida: arranged according to the natural system. p 47. 1860.
6. Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. Flora of the southern United States (ed. 3) 397. 1897.
7. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.