Canada Forked Nailwort

Paronychia canadensis is a member of the Caryophyllaceae family, commonly referred to as the carnation or carnation family. This species is distributed across a wide range of states and provinces in North America, including Ontario, Vermont, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska. The plant was formally described in 1861 by Alph.Wood, with the original authorship credited to L. Canada Forked Nailwort is a common name used to refer to this species in English.