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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pyxidanthera barbulata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Flowering Pyxie-moss at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 1938)
Pyxidanthera barbulata
COMMON NAME:
Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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
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, 1938)
Pyxidanthera barbulata
3074
Subshrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Common in NC Coastal Plain, rare in SC
Look for it in pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin margins, edges of sandhill seepage bogs, primarily in mesic to hydric sites, in wet sands and peaty sands, occasionally extending to submesic sands, but generally with a permanently or occasionally high water table, often with Sphagnum, 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
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals united only at base
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens (no staminodes)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p118
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p172
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p190
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p260
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p223