Paronychia canadensis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Family (Traditional)Caryophyllaceae
GenusParonychia
Species:Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood
Common NameForked Chickweed; Smooth Forked Nailwort
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Free Central; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 7
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Anychia canadensis Anychia canadensis (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Breathitt (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Christian (KY), Clay (KY), Clinton (KY), Crittenden (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Garrard (KY), Hancock (KY), Harlan (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Lawrence (KY), Letcher (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Mercer (KY), Monroe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Nelson (KY), Ohio (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Hickman (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lincoln (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Robertson (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1954 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100371812 Marion Kentucky 09 Oct 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
6183
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371986 Barren Kentucky 30 Jun 1978 George P. Johnson
386
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371770 Nelson Kentucky 17 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7148
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371721 Pike Kentucky 08 Jun 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8563
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371762 Ohio Kentucky 07 Oct 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5972
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371804 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Ross C. Clark
23682
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008637 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008638 Pike Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008940 Pike Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008939 Whitley Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008941 Fayette Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008943 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008946 Madison Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008944 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371929 Clinton Kentucky 04 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1884
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371952 Bell Kentucky 20 Sep 1978 Richard H. Hannan
006-00234
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371846 Letcher Kentucky 23 Jun 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
241
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371887 Fleming Kentucky 27 Jun 2000 Kim Feeman
1214
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011780 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011785 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011774 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011776 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
N/A Johnson Tennessee 28 Jul 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093887 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093885 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093894 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093879 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093886 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371853 Jessamine Kentucky 31 Jul 1954 Mary E. Wharton
8578
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371879 Fleming Kentucky 03 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6756
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371903 Cumberland Kentucky 21 Sep 1997 James B. Beck
269
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011786 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
N/A Johnson Tennessee 08 Jun 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008642 Cumberland Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093876 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093899 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093882 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093866 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093868 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093870 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093864 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093874 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371978 Anderson Kentucky 15 Jun 1978 William S . Bryant
43
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371754 Pike Kentucky 08 Jun 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8563
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371739 Pike Kentucky 21 May 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8433
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371713 Powell Kentucky 08 Jun 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
5741
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371937 Christian Kentucky 01 Sep 1984 Raymond Athey
5009
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371911 Crittenden Kentucky 22 Jul 1976 Raymond Athey
3508
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371945 Breathitt Kentucky 26 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2597
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011783 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011775 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU005623 Unicoi Tennessee 28 Sep 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
N/A Carter Tennessee 21 May 2018 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093895 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093877 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093867 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
31234100725991 Garrard Kentucky 08 Jun 2010 W. W. Overbeck
514
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371788 Montgomery Kentucky 29 Jun 1984 Julian Campbell
547
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371960 Bath Kentucky 27 Jul 1984 Julian Campbell
768
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011784 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA023613 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008640 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093888 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093878 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093872 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093871 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093898 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093897 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093969 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0070555 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371838 Letcher Kentucky 06 Jul 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
282
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371705 Woodford Kentucky 15 Jun 1955 Mary E. Wharton
8962
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371747 Pike Kentucky 09 Jun 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8605
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371895 Estill Kentucky 09 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6897
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011777 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU007210 Johnson Tennessee 13 Jul 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 12 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008639 Owen Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008643 Lawrence Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093893 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093901 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093892 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019215 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0117575 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371820 Madison Kentucky 12 Sep 1987 Ralph L. Thompson
87-1478
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011779 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011778 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011773 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011781 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011787 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008646 Bath Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008938 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008942 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093889 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093900 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093881 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0089835 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0115115 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371796 Mercer Kentucky 12 Aug 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11730
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371994 Crittenden Kentucky 22 Jul 1976 Raymond Athey
3508
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
31234100371861 Hancock Kentucky 18 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4255
EKY
Paronychia canadensis
BEREA011782 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Paronychia canadensis
31973000008636 Rowan Kentucky
KNK
Paronychia canadensis
MDKY00008945 Crittenden Kentucky
MDKY
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093967 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093860 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093968 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093966 Anderson Kentucky
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093884 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093891 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0058819 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019211 Stewart Tennessee 27 Aug 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093875 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093863 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093873 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0087904 Clay Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0102712 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU015134 Unicoi Tennessee
11053
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU026107 Hawkins Tennessee 14 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19271
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
MEM003275 Wolfe Kentucky 12 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
9118
MEM
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093896 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093861 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093890 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093880 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0118464 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
HTTU006410 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019208 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0115116 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019210 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019209 Stewart Tennessee 04 Jun 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019216 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU015138 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU015139 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0074936 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019214 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0089366 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019207 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU015137 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093970 Woodford Kentucky
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093869 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
UCHT011471 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0117574 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0058992 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0115114 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0102756 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU027262 Sullivan Tennessee 30 Aug 2018 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker
18349
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 14 May 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093865 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093862 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093883 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
TENN-V-0093902 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Paronychia canadensis
UCHT011470 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0069492 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019212 Stewart Tennessee 04 Jul 1980 Jackie Stack
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0058993 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU015135 Johnson Tennessee
13119
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0089836 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0115113 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0089837 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0019213 Montgomery Tennessee 28 Jun 1982 Edward Chester
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
APSC0102190 Montgomery Kentucky
APSC
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU015136 Washington Tennessee
14314
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
N/A Washington Tennessee 15 Jun 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
ETSU034569 Carter Tennessee 23 Sep 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Paronychia canadensis
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Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes
Paronychia canadensis - Dwayne Estes