OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key

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

 

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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)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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