Paxistima

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Celastraceae

• Scientific Name

  Paxistima

• Description

  Genus Description - Fls perfect, 4-merous; stamens short; ovary bilocular, sunken in the center of the disk; capsule 2-valved; seeds 1 or 2; aril lacerate, whitish; small evergreen shrubs with opposite lvs and small axillary fls. 2, the other in w. U.S. (Pachistima and Pachystima, variant spellings)

• Common Names

  Mountain lover