Paronychia argentea, Silver nailroot, Silvery Whitlow Wort,
אלמוות הכסף رجل الحمامة
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| | Scientific name: |
| Paronychia argentea Lam. |
| Common name: |
| Silver nailroot, Silvery Whitlow Wort |
| Hebrew name: |
| אלמוות הכסף |
| Arabic name: |
| رجل الحمامة |
| Family: |
| Caryophyllaceae, ציפורניים |
Date Picture Taken: March 31, 2007
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| | Life form: |
| Hemicryptophyte |
| Leaves: |
| Opposite, entire |
| Flowers: |
| White, yellow |
| Flowering Period: |
| January, February, March, April |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Mediterranean |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Date Picture Taken: February 19, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Paronychia, Greek, para, by the side of, near; onyx, nail; "a whitlow," a painful abscess on the side of the nail at the end of a finger or toe. One of the common names for Paronychia is whitlow-wort, an herb thought to be a cure for whitlow.
argentea, silvery.
- The standard author abbreviation Lam. is used to indicate Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 – 1829), a French soldier, naturalist, academic.
Date Picture Taken: March 1, 2008
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