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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pyxidanthera brevifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-02-001b:

Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pyxidanthera brevifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Wells' Pyxie-moss, Little Pyxie


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image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Wells' Pyxie-moss, Little Pyxie

Will Stuart    wil_13342661993

March    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Wells' Pyxie-moss, Little Pyxie

Will Stuart    wil_13342661993b

March    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Flowers sessile, ~ 1/4" wide; stamens conspicuous, arising between petals, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Wells' Pyxie-moss, Little Pyxie

Will Stuart    wil_13342661993c

March    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

The Greek "pixie" means "small box" and "anthera" means "anther", per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Wells' Pyxie-moss, Little Pyxie

Will Stuart    wil4458293023_7044183182

March    Moore County    NC

Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve

Pyxie-moss on left; Trailing Arbutus on the right.

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Wells' Pyxie-moss, Little Pyxie

Alan S. Weakley    asw_6199802743399921

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

image of Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia, Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Wells' Pyxie-moss, Little Pyxie

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231836652275299

June        

If not etiolated under leaf litter, leaves ovate, succulent, avg 1-5mm long & < 1.2mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pyxidanthera brevifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-02-001b:
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pyxidanthera brevifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2558

Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: On xeric sandhills, generally over deep sand or sand-clay mixtures near the summits or on the upper slopes of sandhills, restricted to the Fall-line Sandhills region, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare (endemic to 6 counties of the Carolina Sandhills)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals united only at base
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens (no staminodes)

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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