*Paronychia brasiliana DC.

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