OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buxus sempervirens   FAMILY Buxaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buxus sempervirens   FAMILY Buxaceae

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

Buxus sempervirens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Buxus sempervirens

 

COMMON NAME:
Boxwood, Common Box


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buxus sempervirens   FAMILY Buxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buxus sempervirens   FAMILY Buxaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Buxus sempervirens

 

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4280

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Persistent for decades at abandoned homesites, and spreading weakly from dumped hedge trimmings and other cuttings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have short, minutely hairy petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy yellow
4 sepals in staminate flowers, 6 sepals in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:

 

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