OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Buxales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pachysandra terminalis   FAMILY Buxaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pachysandra terminalis   FAMILY Buxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Pachysandra terminalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pachysandra terminalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pachysandra terminalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 108-01-002:

Pachysandra terminalis   FAMILY Buxaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Pachysandra, Japanese-spurge


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image of Pachysandra terminalis, Pachysandra, Japanese-spurge

JK Marlow    jkm180315_0592

March    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, glabrous, dark green, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pachysandra terminalis   FAMILY Buxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pachysandra terminalis   FAMILY Buxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Pachysandra terminalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pachysandra terminalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pachysandra terminalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 108-01-002:
Pachysandra terminalis   FAMILY Buxaceae

 

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3276

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Persistent after cultivation, and spreading vegetatively to adjacent forests; commonly cultivated, rarely persistent to naturalized, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China & Japan

Waif(s)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple (lower leaves scale-like)
Alternate
Petioles of lower leaves 0.5-2cm, the upper shorter

FLOWER:
Spring
White (filaments/stigmas/styles)
Sepals absent
Petals absent
4 stamens
Unisexual

Spikes terminal, sometimes paniculate (if so, flowers usually all staminate)

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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