Citation: DC., Prod. 3:370 (1828).

Synonymy: P. chilensis DC., Prod. 3:370 (1828).

Common name: Chile nailwort, Chilean (or Brazilian) whitlow wort.

Description:
Small prostrate annual or perennial herb; the stems 4-20 cm long, becoming woody and nodular;, leaves linear-lanceolate, ovate, acuminate, 4-10 mm long covered with fine hairs; stipules conspicuous, scarious, silvery, usually equalling the leaves.

Flowers sessile, numerous in axillary clusters, subtended by a scarious bract; sepals 5, reddish, hooded above, with an erect mucro near the tip; petals absent.

Capsule 1-seeded, enclosed in the calyx.

	Paronychia brasiliana. Portions of inflorescence and fruit.
Image source: fig. 141e in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 302.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, NL, SL.   Naturalised in Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to South America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: recorded in Jan., March & Aug.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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