Index / Search / Paronychia canadensis
§1 Plant
Paronychia canadensis (L.) Alph. Wood
vernacular smooth forked nailwort — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Paronychia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 614 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 614 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Orange 18117
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Hancock 21091
- Harrison 21097
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 86 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Carroll 51035
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Mason 54053
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PACA11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384710 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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