Silvery Whitlow-wort / رجل الحمامة /

Mountain Knot Grass / إجر الحمام / داحسية فضية /

Paronychia argentea Lam.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
January to April
Seed collection period
June to August

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Cream
  • White
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Paronychia
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Wikidata item
Q627816
GBIF Item
Paronychia argentea Lam. (5528747)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Paronychia argentea Lam. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-13.
  2. Atlas of Living Australia. Paronychia argentea Lam. (April 13, 2022)
  3. Arkoub-Hamitouche, L., González-del-Campo, V., López-Oliva, M. E., Bedjou, F., & Palomino, O. M. (2020). Paronychia argentea Lam. protects renal endothelial cells against oxidative injury. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 248, 112314.
  4. Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  7. Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”

Citation

Paronychia argentea Lam. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/776 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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