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Paronychia (plant)
''Paronychia'' is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with over 110 species worldwide, mostly from warm-temperate North America, Eurasia, South America and Africa. They are herbs that are annual or biennial or perennial in life span. Some species have a woody base. For the most part they have small, white to yellow-white colored flowers that are often hidden within the paired bracts. The genus ''Siphonychia'' has been incorporated into ''Paronychia'' by botanists. The common names for some of the species include chickweed, nailwort, and Whitlow-wort. The genus gets its name from the disease of the fingernails which it was once thought to cure. Traditional healers in modern-day use species of this genus to treat kidney stones. Selected species *''Paronychia ahartii'' – Ahart's nailwort *'' Paronychia argentea'' – Algerian tea *''Paronychia argyrocoma'' – Silvery nailwort *''Paronychia canadensis'' – smooth-forked nailwort *''Paronychia chartacea'' – paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Argentea
''Paronychia argentea'' (Algerian Tea) is an herbaceous plant from the family Caryophyllaceae that grows in sandy areas, ways, abandoned fields and dry terrains. Description It is an annual species with procumbent habits, which reaches 30 cm height. Similar to '' Paronychia capitata'' but with almost all glabrous leaves, a rigid and prominent sow, and calyx lobules with transparent margins. The stem is glabrous or pubescent, with opposite, elliptical and mucronate leaves. The flowers grow in lateral and terminal glomerulus. They are hermaphrodite, pentamerous and actinomorphic, accompanied with scaly silver bracts bigger that themselves. The fruit is an achene. Habitat and distribution They can be encountered all around the Mediterranean Sea. It grows in abandoned or dry terrains, dunes and ditches, and flourishes from winter to summer. Uses It is used stewed, as a diuretic and blood purifier, and as a plaster to cure wounds. Taxonomy ''Paronychia argentea'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Drummondii
''Paronychia drummondii'', commonly called Drummond's nailwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to the United States where it is restricted to the South Central United States, South Central region in the states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Its natural habitat is in sandy woodlands and openings. ''Paronychia drummondii'' is an erect annual or biennial. Its leaves are oblong to linear-lanceolate. A key characteristic is the abundance of uniform, hooked hairs at the base of the calyx. Flowers are produced from late spring to fall. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15572006 Paronychia (plant), drummondii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia (plant)
''Paronychia'' is a genus of plants in the family Caryophyllaceae with over 110 species worldwide, mostly from warm-temperate North America, Eurasia, South America and Africa. They are herbs that are annual or biennial or perennial in life span. Some species have a woody base. For the most part they have small, white to yellow-white colored flowers that are often hidden within the paired bracts. The genus ''Siphonychia'' has been incorporated into ''Paronychia'' by botanists. The common names for some of the species include chickweed, nailwort, and Whitlow-wort. The genus gets its name from the disease of the fingernails which it was once thought to cure. Traditional healers in modern-day use species of this genus to treat kidney stones. Selected species *''Paronychia ahartii'' – Ahart's nailwort *'' Paronychia argentea'' – Algerian tea *''Paronychia argyrocoma'' – Silvery nailwort *''Paronychia canadensis'' – smooth-forked nailwort *''Paronychia chartacea'' – paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Virginica
Paronychia is an inflammation of the skin around the nail, which can occur suddenly, when it is usually due to the bacterium ''Staphylococcus aureus'', or gradually when it is commonly caused by the fungus '' Candida albicans''. The term is from el, παρωνυχία from ''para'' 'around', ''onyx'' 'nail', and the abstract noun suffix '' -ia''. Risk factors include repeatedly washing hands and trauma to the cuticle such as may occur from repeated nail biting or hangnails. Treatment includes antibiotics and antifungals, and if pus is present, the consideration of incision and drainage. Paronychia is commonly misapplied as a synonym for herpetic whitlow or felon. Definition and etymology Paronychia is an inflammation of the skin around the nail, which can occur suddenly (acute), when it is usually due to the bacterium ''Staphylococcus aureus'', or gradually (chronic) when it is commonly caused by ''Candida albicans''. The term is from el, παρωνυχία from ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Rugelii
''Paronychia rugelii'', common name Rugel's nailwort, is a plant native to the US states of Georgia and Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a .... It can be found in woodlands and on disturbed sites at elevations below 200 m (667 feet). They are sometimes referred to as sand squares. ''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.Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15571131 rugelii Flora of Georgia (U.S. state) Flora of Florida Taxa named by Alvan Wentworth Chapman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Palaestina
Paronychia is an inflammation of the skin around the nail, which can occur suddenly, when it is usually due to the bacterium ''Staphylococcus aureus'', or gradually when it is commonly caused by the fungus '' Candida albicans''. The term is from el, παρωνυχία from ''para'' 'around', ''onyx'' 'nail', and the abstract noun suffix '' -ia''. Risk factors include repeatedly washing hands and trauma to the cuticle such as may occur from repeated nail biting or hangnails. Treatment includes antibiotics and antifungals, and if pus is present, the consideration of incision and drainage. Paronychia is commonly misapplied as a synonym for herpetic whitlow or felon. Definition and etymology Paronychia is an inflammation of the skin around the nail, which can occur suddenly (acute), when it is usually due to the bacterium ''Staphylococcus aureus'', or gradually (chronic) when it is commonly caused by ''Candida albicans''. The term is from el, παρωνυχία from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Franciscana
''Paronychia franciscana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names San Francisco nailwort, California Whitlow-wort, Franciscan paronychia,Calflora. 2013''Paronychia franciscana''.Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database. and Chilean nailwort.Doust, A. (1999)''Paronychia franciscana''.PlantNET - The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. It is native to Chile, but it was first described from specimens collected in San Francisco, California, in the United States, where it is an introduced species.Eastwood, A. (1901)An undescribed species of ''Paronychia'' from California.''Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club'' 28(5) 288-89. This species is a mat-forming perennial herb growing from a woody caudex. The branching stems stretch prostrate along the ground, reaching up to in length. The fleshy, somewhat hairy leaves are up to a centimeter long, including their spiny tips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Fastigiata
Paronychia fastigiata, common names hairy forked chickweed, hairy forked nailwort, and forked chickweed, is an annual plant An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. The length of growing seasons and period in which they take place vary according to geographical ... native to North America. Conservation status within the United States It is listed as a special concern species and believed extirpated in Connecticut, and it is endangered in Minnesota. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15570667 fastigiata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paronychia Chartacea
''Paronychia chartacea'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names papery Whitlow-wort and paper nailwort. It is endemic to Florida in the United States. There are two subspecies of the plant; ssp. ''chartacea'' occurs in Central Florida, especially the Lake Wales Ridge, and ssp. ''minima'' is native to the Florida Panhandle.''Paronychia chartacea''. Center for Plant Conservation. The two subspecies are geographically separated and do not occur together. Both are included on the federal Endangered Species List, on which the species is designated threatened. This is often an annual herb, though ssp. ''chartacea'' may be a short-lived perennial. It produces a short, spreading stem that branches many times to take on a mat-lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Miller
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular ''The Gardeners Dictionary''. Life Born in Deptford or Greenwich, Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death. According to the botanist Peter Collinson, who visited the physic garden in July 1764 and recorded his observation in his commonplace books, Miller "has raised the reputation of the Chelsea Garden so much that it excels all the gardens of Europe for its amazing variety of plants of all orders and classes and from all climates..." He wrote ''The Gardener's and Florists Dictionary or a Complete System of Horticulture'' (1724) and ''The Gardener's Dictionary containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen Fruit and Flower Garden'', which first appeared in 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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