| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia cephalotes (M.Bieb.) Besser |
| Bibliography | Enum. Hort. Cremenec: 4 (1830) |
| Native Range | Hungary to Ukraine and n. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | stems basally glabrous, apically shortly pubescent, leaves lanceolate, 2-4mm, stipules narrowly lanceolate, silvery, bracts large, ovate, acute, silvery white, sepals glabrous |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Illecebrum capitatum M.Bieb. Illecebrum cephalotes M.Bieb. Paronychia capitata Rchb. Paronychia cephalotes ssp. bulgarica Chaudhri Paronychia cephalotes var. macrocephala Borhidi Paronychia cephalotes var. simonkaiana Borhidi Paronychia cephalotes var. sooi Borhidi Paronychia cephalotes var. ucrainica Borhidi Paronychia cephalotes ssp. thracica Chaudhri Paronychia hungarica Griseb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (HUN Hungary) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |