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Read more about Flowering Pyxie-moss at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pyxidanthera barbulata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyxidanthera barbulata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-02-001a:
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. barbulata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pyxidanthera barbulata
COMMON NAME:
Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pyba_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_p_barbulata_667
February Chesterfield County SC
Sand Hills State Forest
The dime shows scale.
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Will Stuart wil_p_barbulata_672
February Chesterfield County SC
Sand Hills State Forest
Leaves crowded, sessile (can be mistaken for moss!), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_p_barbulata_736
February Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Sepals usually pink, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil_p_barbulata_783
February Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Keith Bradley kab_p_barbulata_5536
March Marion County SC
Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve
Flowers grow singly at the ends of short branches; obovate petals 4-5mm long, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Will Stuart wil2348964139_14e9904871
March SC