Pachysandra procumbens

Taxobox
name = "Pachysandra procumbens"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Buxales
familia = Buxaceae
genus = Pachysandra
species = "P. procumbens"
binomial = "Pachysandra procumbens"

"Pachysandra procumbens" (Allegheny Pachysandra or Allegheny Spurge) is a flowering plant in the family Buxaceae, native to southeast United States from West Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida, and west to Louisiana. The name "Allegheny" is sometimes spelled "Alleghany".

It is an evergreen subshrub, growing to at most 30 cm high, usually less. The leaves are 5-10 cm long, with a coarsely toothed margin. The flowers are small, white, produced several together on a terminal raceme 2-3 cm long.

References

* ITIS
ID = 28027
taxon = Pachysandra procumbens
year = 2006
date = September 25
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?403961 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Pachysandra procumbens"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PAPR7 NCRS: USDA Plants Profile: "Pachysandra procumbens"]