PLANTS Profile for Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny-spurge)

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PLANTS Profile

Pachysandra procumbens Michx.
Allegheny-spurge

Symbol:

PAPR7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Buxaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Pachysandra procumbens Michx.

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Distribution:
Pachysandra procumbens Michx.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN)

Related Taxa:
Pachysandra procumbens Michx.

View 2 genera in Buxaceae, 2 species in Pachysandra

Classification:
Pachysandra procumbens Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Buxaceae – Boxwood family
Genus	Pachysandra Michx. – pachysandra
Species	Pachysandra procumbens Michx. – Allegheny-spurge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pachysandra procumbens Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
Allegheny-spurge		Endangered
Indiana:
Allegheny spurge		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Pachysandra procumbens Michx.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28027.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Pachysandra procumbens Michx.

USDA FS Eastern Region-Species Conservation Assessments

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