Family: Caryophyllaceae
Paronychia brasiliana
Citation:
DC., Prod. 3:370 (1828).
Synonymy: P. chilensis DC., Prod. 3:370 (1828).
Common name: Chile nailwort, Chilean (or Brazilian) whitlow wort.
Description:
Small prostrate annual or perennial herb; the stems 4-20 cm long, becoming woody and nodular;, leaves linear-lanceolate, ovate, acuminate, 4-10 mm long covered with fine hairs; stipules conspicuous, scarious, silvery, usually equalling the leaves.
Flowers sessile, numerous in axillary clusters, subtended by a scarious bract; sepals 5, reddish, hooded above, with an erect mucro near the tip; petals absent.
Capsule 1-seeded, enclosed in the calyx.
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Image source: fig. 141e in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 302.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, NL, SL. Naturalised in Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Native to South America.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: recorded in Jan., March & Aug.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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