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Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny-spurge)

Synonyms: Pachysandra erecta (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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. \n* A leaf cluster \n* Leaves \n* Closeup of the leaves \n* Closeup of flower
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0