Paxistima canbyi
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 623. 1873.
Common names: Canby’s mountain-lover rat-stripper cliff green
IllustratedEndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 130.
Illustrator:
Copyright:
Shrubs 1–4 dm. Stems diffuse, creeping. Leaves: petiole absent; blade usually linear to narrowly elliptic, rarely oblanceolate, 5–20 × 2–4 mm, base obtuse, margins serrulate, apex obtuse. Inflorescences 1–5-flowered. Flowers: sepals obtuse-deltate, 0.8–1 mm; petals obovate, 1.5 mm; filaments shorter than anthers. Capsules ellipsoid, 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm. Seeds black, ellipsoid; aril yellow or white.
Phenology: Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
Habitat: Limestone cliffs, shaded banks, dry gravelly soils.
Elevation: 0–600 m.
Distribution
Ky., Md., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
There are only about 50 to 60 extant populations of Paxistima canbyi.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Paxistima canbyi"
shorter +
perigynous +
dehiscing +
not beaked +
obtuse +
surrounding +
obtuse +
obscure +
toothed +
oblanceolate +
4-angled +
ellipsoid +
axillary +
nutlike +
symmetric +
axillary +
bisexual +
loculicidal +
free +
absent +
Present +
1-5-flowered +
simple +
fascicled +
opposite +
persistent +
serrulate +
intrastaminal +
absent +
rudimentary +
fleshy +
adnate +
axile +
superior +
immersed +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
perigynous +
distinct +
absent +
obovate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
2-carpellate +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1873 +
not winged +
black +
ellipsoid +
distinct +
obtuse-deltate +
longitudinal +
adnate +
absent +
diffuse +
creeping +
absent +
connate +
absent +
Paxistima canbyi +
Paxistima +
species +
fascicles +