| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Paronychia kapela (Hacq.) A.Kern. |
| Bibliography | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 19: 367 (1869) |
| Native Range | Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 500-3000m |
| Description | leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, 4mm long, blue-green, obtuse, ciliate, glabrous, stipules large, whitish, floral clusters terminal, 1-2cm wide, bracts large, silvery |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| Bloom | 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 | Illecebrum kapela Hacq. Illecebrum lugdunense Vill. Paronychia boissieri Chaudhri Paronychia capitata var. imbricata Sennen & Pau Paronychia capitata var. obtusata Batt. Paronychia eosina Beauverd Paronychia imbricata Boiss. & Hausskn. Paronychia imbricata var. durmitorea Rohlena Peronychia kapela var. africana Borzi & Mattei Paronychia kapela var. durmitorea (Rohlena) Rohlena Paronychia kapela var. obtusata Batt. Paronychia kapela f. rotundifolia Beck Paronychia lugdunensis (Vill.) Graebn. Paronychia serpyllifolia var. microphylla Pau Paronychia serpyllifolia var. kapela (Hacq.) Griseb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |