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Styles 2 Paronychia
Flower clusters and internodes visible. Sepals equal and deeply hooded, reddish, with an erect awn at the apex. Petals absent. Leaves linear to very narrow-ovate, mucronate, up to 8 mm long, crowded, finely hairy. Widespread. Weed of cultivation. Introd. from S. America. Fl. spring–summer. Chilean Whitlow Wort Paronychia brasiliana