Native plant · CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Paronychia americana
AMERICAN NAILWORT
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Paronychia americana. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Paronychia americana
- Family
- CARYOPHYLLACEAE
- Genus
- Paronychia
- Order
- CARYOPHYLLALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- Central Florida · South Florida · North Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Highlands; Polk; Osceola; Collier; Brevard; Glades; Lake; Martin; Palm Beach; Alachua; Broward; Flagler; Columbia; Hernando; Union; Lee
Where documented in Florida
Highlands; Polk; Osceola; Collier; Brevard; Glades; Lake; Martin; Palm Beach; Alachua; Broward; Flagler; Columbia; Hernando; Union; Lee
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Paronychia
- Paronychia baldwinii — BALDWIN'S NAILWORT
- Paronychia chartacea — PAPER NAILWORT; PAPERY WHITLOW-WORT
- Paronychia discoveryi — FLORIDA NAILWORT
- Paronychia erecta — SQUAREFLOWER
- Paronychia herniarioides — COASTALPLAIN NAILWORT
- Paronychia minima — PAPER NAILWORT; Crystal Lake nailwort
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.