| Scientific Name: | Paxistima myrsinites |
| Common Name: | Oregon boxwood, false box |
| Family Name: | Celastraceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Medicinal plant, Perennial border, Rock garden, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Obovate, Ovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Red, Brown, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Evergreen shrub (20-)50-90(-120)cm tall, becoming prostrate, reddish-brown bark, branches 4-sided; leaves opposite, ovate to obovate-oblanceolate, most 2-3cm long x 0.8-1.2cm wide, thick, leathery, margin serrulate, petiole <1mm long; flowers flattened, petals dark red-brown, oval, each ~1mm long; capsules oblong, 4-7mm long x 2-4mm wide, usually one seed in each of its two valves; seed dark brown-black, shiny, and partly covered in a white aril. | |