Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
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Read more about Canby's Mountain Lover at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Paxistima canbyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Paxistima canbyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-02-001:
Paxistima canbyi FAMILY Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pachistima canbyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pachystima canbyi
COMMON NAME:
Canby's Mountain Lover, Ratstripper, Cliff-green
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Paxistima canbyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Paxistima canbyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-02-001:
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pachistima canbyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOT VALIDLY PUBLISHED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pachystima canbyi
1038
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: On calcareous bluffs and cliffs (generally near the top of the cliffs or bluffs, rarely far below the crest), mostly on limestone and dolostone, but rarely on greenstone or shale; in NC naturalized at the site of a plant nursery and possibly also native (see discussion below), per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
Waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p176
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p089
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p16
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p228
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