North America Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Celastraceae > Paxistima (Mountain-lover)
	Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Mountain-lover (Paxistima myrsinites) Pulaski Trail, Shoshone Co., ID 6 May 2012 Leaves are simple, opposite, and toothed on this low stature forest shrub.
	Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Mountain-lover (Paxistima myrsinites) Pulaski Trail, Shoshone Co., ID 6 May 2012 One to a few tiny maroon flowers appear in the leaf axils in spring.
	Oregon Boxleaf, Oregon Mountain-lover (Paxistima myrsinites) Pulaski Trail, Shoshone Co., ID 6 May 2012

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.