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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Paronychia maccartii
|accepted_authority=Correll
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=18: 307. 1967
|year=1967
}}
|common_names=McCart’s nailwort
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Paronychioideae;Paronychia;Paronychia maccartii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Paronychioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Paronychia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Paronychia maccartii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 31
|treatment_page=page 40
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="taproot fragility or size">taproot ± stout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem architecture;stem some measurement;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>sprawling, branched from base, 3–10 cm, puberulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule shape;stipule some measurement;apex shape;apex architecture or shape"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules lanceolate, 2.5–5 mm, apex narrowly acuminate, entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade length;blade width;blade texture;apex architecture or shape;apex pubescence">blade linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate, 2–10 × 0.7–1.5 mm, leathery, apex spinose, minutely puberulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="cyme position or structure subtype;cyme architecture;cyme architecture or arrangement;cyme width"><b>Cymes </b>terminal, 10–20-flowered, congested, in clusters 0.5–1.5 mm wide.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;flower shape;flower some measurement;flower pubescence;flower pubescence;calyx shape;hair size;hair shape;hair shape;hair architecture"><b>Flowers </b>5-merous, extended-urceolate, with enlarged hypanthial bulge and calyx cylindric to slightly tapering distally, 3.5-4 mm, moderately pubescent proximally, with minute, hooked hairs on hypanthial bulge, sparsely pubescent on calyx, densely so with hooked to coiled hairs on hood;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal coloration;midrib prominence;midrib shape;midrib some measurement;midrib texture;margin coloration;margin width;margin texture;hood shape;awn orientation;awn arrangement;awn coloration;awn shape;awn some measurement;awn texture;spine fusion;spine presence">sepals green to red-purple, midrib apparent, oblong, 1.9–2.1 mm, herbaceous to leathery, margins white, 0.2–0.3 mm wide, papery, apex terminated by awn, hood triangular-rounded, awn erect, becoming widely divergent, white, ± lanceoloid from proximal constriction, 0.8–1.3 mm, slightly scarious, distinct spine absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="staminode shape;staminode some measurement">staminodes narrowly subulate, 0.6–0.8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="style quantity;style architecture or shape;style some measurement">style 1, cleft in distal 7/8, 0.7–0.8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Utricles </b>unknown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dense red sands
|elevation=200-300 m
|distribution=Tex.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Paronychia maccartii is still known only from the type collection in Webb County.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Paronychia maccartii
|authority=Correll
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dense red sands
|elevation=200-300 m
|distribution=Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1967
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V5/V5_76.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Paronychioideae
|genus=Paronychia
|species=Paronychia maccartii
|apex architecture or shape=spinose;entire
|apex pubescence=puberulent
|apex shape=acuminate
|awn arrangement=divergent
|awn coloration=white
|awn orientation=erect
|awn shape=lanceoloid
|awn some measurement=0.8mm;1.3mm
|awn texture=scarious
|blade length=2mm;10mm
|blade shape=linear-oblong;linear-lanceolate
|blade texture=leathery
|blade width=0.7mm;1.5mm
|calyx shape=cylindric;slightly tapering
|cyme architecture=10-20-flowered
|cyme architecture or arrangement=congested
|cyme position or structure subtype=terminal
|cyme width=wide
|flower architecture=5-merous
|flower pubescence=pubescent;pubescent
|flower shape=extended-urceolate
|flower some measurement=3.5mm;4mm
|hair architecture=coiled
|hair shape=hooked;hooked
|hair size=minute
|hood shape=triangular-rounded
|margin coloration=white
|margin texture=papery
|margin width=0.2mm;0.3mm
|midrib prominence=apparent
|midrib shape=oblong
|midrib some measurement=1.9mm;2.1mm
|midrib texture=herbaceous;leathery
|sepal coloration=green;red-purple
|spine fusion=distinct
|spine presence=absent
|staminode shape=subulate
|staminode some measurement=0.6mm;0.8mm
|stem architecture=branched
|stem growth form or orientation=sprawling
|stem pubescence=puberulent
|stem some measurement=3cm;10cm
|stipule shape=lanceolate
|stipule some measurement=2.5mm;5mm
|style architecture or shape=cleft
|style quantity=1
|style some measurement=0.7mm;0.8mm
|taproot fragility or size=stout
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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