Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Buxales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buxus sempervirens
FAMILY
Buxaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buxus sempervirens
FAMILY
Buxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Buxus sempervirens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Buxus sempervirens
COMMON NAME:
Boxwood, Common Box
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buxus sempervirens
FAMILY
Buxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buxus sempervirens
FAMILY
Buxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Buxus sempervirens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Buxus sempervirens
4280
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Persistent for decades at abandoned homesites, and spreading weakly from dumped hedge trimmings and other cuttings, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have short, minutely hairy petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy yellow
4 sepals in staminate flowers, 6 sepals in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
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