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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata   FAMILY Diapensiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyxidanthera barbulata   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pyxidanthera barbulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-02-001a:

Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pyxidanthera barbulata

 

COMMON NAME:
Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss


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image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pyba_001_lvd

        

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss

Will Stuart    wil_p_barbulata_667

February    Chesterfield County    SC

Sand Hills State Forest

If not etiolated under leaf litter, leaves lanceolate, herbaceous in texture, avg > 1.0mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss

Will Stuart    wil_p_barbulata_672

February    Chesterfield County    SC

Sand Hills State Forest

Leaves crowded, sessile (can be mistaken for moss!), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss

Will Stuart    wil_p_barbulata_736

February    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Sepals usually pink, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss

Will Stuart    wil_p_barbulata_783

February    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss

Keith Bradley    kab_p_barbulata_5536

March    Marion County    SC

Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve

Flowers grow singly at the ends of short branches; obovate petals 4-5mm long, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie, Savanna Pyxiemoss

Will Stuart    wil2348964139_14e9904871

March        SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyxidanthera barbulata   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pyxidanthera barbulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-02-001a:
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pyxidanthera barbulata

 

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3074

Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin margins, edges of sandhill seepage bogs, primarily in mesic to hydric sites, in wet sands and peaty sands, occasionally extending to submesic sands, but generally with a permanently or seasonally high water table, often with Sphagnum, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Common in NC Coastal Plain, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals united only at base
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens (no staminodes)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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