Japanese spurge

Japanese spurge
a low Japanese plant, Pachysandra terminalis, having evergreen leaves and spikes of white flowers, grown as a ground cover.
[1920-25]

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  • Pachysandra terminalis — Taxobox name = Japanese spurge image width = 250px image caption = inflorescence and foliage regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Buxales familia = Buxaceae genus = Pachysandra species = P. terminalis binomial …   Wikipedia

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