Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canby's Mountain Lover at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-02-001:
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
COMMON NAME:
Canby's Mountain Lover, Ratstripper, Cliff-green
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 113-02-001:
Paxistima canbyi
FAMILY
Celastraceae
1038
Shrub
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Waif (endemic to the Central Appalachians)
Look for it 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, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p089
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p16
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p228