North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Diapensiaceae > Pyxidanthera (pyxie-moss)

Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia) Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia)
Moore Co., NC
14 Mar 2007

Endangered in North Carolina and endemic to the Carolina sandhills, Sandhills Pyxie-moss grows on dry sandy hilltops & ridges.

Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia) Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia)
Moore Co., NC
14 Mar 2007

Flowers and leaves of this plant are tiny!

Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia) Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia)
Moore Co., NC
14 Mar 2007

Sandhills Pyxie-moss, Littleleaf Pyxiemoss (Pyxidanthera brevifolia)
Moore Co., NC
14 Mar 2007

With a Scarlet Kingsnake enjoying the patch of flowers!


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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