| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia argentea Lam. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Franc. 3: 230 (1779) |
| Native Range | Medit. to sc. Iraq, Canary Islands |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-2400m |
| Description | leaves glabrous, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acute, clusters lateral and terminal, amongst leaves, bracts ovate, acute, much longer than flowers, calyx lobes oblong |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | whitish yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| 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 | Chaetonychia paronychia (L.) Samp. Ferriera mediterranea Bubani Illecebrum argenteum Pourr. Illecebrum italicum Vill Illecebrum mauritanicum Brouss. ex Roem. & Schult. Illecebrum narbonnense Vill. Illecebrum paronychia L. Paronychia argentea var. hispanica (DC.) DC. Paronychia argentea var. mauritanica (Brouss. ex Willd.) DC. Paronychia argentea var. montana Pau Paronychia argentea var. rotundata (DC.) Chaudhri Paronychia argentea var. scabra Sauvage Paronychia argentea var. scariosissima Post Paronychia argentea var. suffruticosa Maire & Wilczek Paronychia argentea var. velutina Ball Paronychia cuatrecasasii Sennen Paronychia glomerata Moench Paronychia hispanica DC. Paronychia hispanica var. frutescens DC. Paronychia hispanica var. oblonga DC. Paronychia hispanica var. rotundata DC. Paronychia italica Roem. & Schult. Paronychia mauritanica (Brouss. ex Roem. & Schult.) Rothm. & P.Silva Paronychia nitida Gaertn. Paronychia polygonifolia var. elegantior Maire Paronychia saguntina Pau Plottzia paronychia (L.) Samp. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia, WSA Western Sahara) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |