| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia depressa (Torr. & A.Gray) Nutt. ex A.Nelson |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 236 (1899) |
| Native Range | South Dakota to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-3000m |
| Description | stems scabrous strigose, leaves linear, 8-15mm, coriaceous, shortly acuminate, strigose, cymes terminal, 3-7-flowered, ramose, crowded in cluster 7-25mm wide |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 brevicuspis Rydb. Paronychia depressa var. brevicuspis (Rydb.) Chaudhri Paronychia depressa var. diffusa (A.Nelson) Chaudhri Paronychia dichotoma Torr. Paronychia diffusa A.Nelson Paronychia jamesii var. depressa Torr. & A.Gray Paronychia sessiliflora var. brevicuspis A.Nelson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |