Japanese Spurge

Japanese Spurge, Pachysandra

Pachysandra terminalis

Buxaceae - Boxwood Family

Pachysandra terminalis: Japanese Spurge

Location on campus: behind bench, under steps in planting bed on north side of Karls Hall

• deciduous groundcover with simple, dark green, alternate, obovate leaves with crenate margins from middle to tip
• grows about 4-8" tall
• good for shady, moist, high-organic matter soils
• spreads more slowly than other spreading groundcovers