Pyxidanthera barbulata Michx. var. barbulata

Locations ofPyxidanthera barbulata Michx. var. barbulata in Virginia

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Family
Diapensiaceae
Botanical Name
Pyxidanthera barbulata Michx. var. barbulata
Common Name
Common Pyxie-moss, Flowering Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Pyxidanthera barbulata Michx.
Comments
Flora of the Southeastern U.S. also recognizes var. brevifolia (B.W. Wells) H.E. Ahles, endemic to xeric sandhills in the Carolinas.
Habitat
Open sandhill woodlands, generally in exposed sands with a seasonally high water table. Rare in the s. Coastal Plain; known from only a few sites on sandhills along the eastern side of the Blackwater River in Isle of Wight County and Suffolk City. Recorded historically in Southampton County.
Native Status
Native

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