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Creeping nailwort

Paronychia sessiliflora

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 41, February 38, March 61, April 129, May 258, June 208, July 1,138, August 299, September 950, October 69, November 42, December 39.
Alberta2,704
Canada1,404
United States1,068
Colorado241
Utah103
Saskatchewan92
Texas91
Oklahoma64
Wyoming62
British Columbia60

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familypink family · Caryophyllaceae
Genusnailworts · Paronychia

Sources

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