| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia kurdica Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 3: 10 (1843) |
| Native Range | Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 300-1500m |
| Description | leaves 4-7mm, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse, thickish, pubescent, bracts obovate, acuminate, 7-10mm, flowers pubescent, 3mm, sepals unequal, oblong |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Paronychia capitata var. pubescens Fenzl Paronychia curdica Walp. Paronychia hispida Steud. ex Boiss. Paronychia kurdica var. imbricata Chaudhri Paronychia nivea C.A.Mey. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |