| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia jamesii Torr. & A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. 1: 170 (1838) |
| Native Range | w. & c. USA to n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2500m |
| Description | stems ramose, scabrous, strigose to pubescent, leaves linear, 7-25mm, coriaceous, obtuse or mucronate, pubescent, cymes terminal, 20-70-flowered, clusters 1-2cm broad |
| Size | 10-35cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 jamesii var. hirsuta Chaudhri Paronychia jamesii var. parviflora Chaudhri Paronychia jamesii var. praelongiflora Correll Paronychia jamesii ssp. subglabra Chaudhri Paronychia wardii Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |