Paronychia argentea   Silvery Whitlow-wort

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Found throughout the Mediterranean, this distinctive procumbent plant has awned leaves and is often found on dry, stony waste ground. The flowers can be used to make a kind of tea which is a diuretic.

Paronychia argentea

Paronychia argentea Silvery Whitlow-wort

Dried river bed, Cortijo Valverde, Spain 28th March 2008

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Paronychia argentea Silvery Whitlow-wort

Dried river bed, Cortijo Valverde, Spain 28th March 2008

Added on 22nd February 2011

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