African Plant Database - Paronychia arabica (L.) DC.

Ecology and Distribution :
Tropical Africa
Biology :
Annual or perennial herb; stems prostrate, often diffusely stems decumbent at base, 0,6-1(-2) m tall.
Ecology :
Sandy and gravelly soils; 0-500(-1600) m alt. (subsp. arabica); greens on volcanic lava rocks; ± 1700-2000 m alt. (subsp.tibestica Quézel) From N Africa to S Iran. The most variable species of the genus.

Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 265-272. (1899). (1900).

Cat. Pl. Maroc 2: 215 (1932).

Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 1: 318 (1962).

Fl. Afrique N. 9: 19 (1963).

Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 285: 199 (1968).

Fl. Libya 37: 15 (1977).

Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 1: 90 (1979).

Fl. Sahara (ed. 2) : 209 (1983).

Med-Checklist 1: 231 (1984).

Fl. Iberica 2: 118 (1990).

Fl. Eur., ed. 2 1: 181 (1993).

Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 1: 87 (1999).

Fl. Prat. Maroc 1: 183 (1999).

Cat. Pl. Vasc. N. Maroc 1: 164 (2002)

Le Hoggar, promenade botanique 238 (2004)

Fl. Tunisie (Le Floc'h & Boulos) : 144 (2008).

Flore ill. Tchad 299 (2019)