| 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 6: (-23 to -18 °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: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Leathery, Lustrous, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Ovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Red, Brown, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems with four-angled branches; leaves roughly 1-3 centimeters long, thick, leathery, toothed, apex pointed or round-tipped, petiole absent or very short; flowers flattened, petals dark red, oval, 1mm long; fruit an oblong capsule to 1cm long with usually one seed in each of its two valves; seed dark, shiny, and partly covered in a white aril. | |