| Scientific Name: | Pachysandra terminalis |
| Common Name: | Japanese spurge |
| Family Name: | Buxaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Erosion control, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Apr-May |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Evergreen, upright groundcover 10-20(-30) cm tall spreading by rhizomes and runners; leaves alternate, obovate, most blades 5-8cm long x 3-4cm wide, margin toothed on apex half, base attenuate, petioles 1-3cm long; spikes 3-5cm long x 2-4cm wide, >15 flowers, primarily male, ~1cm long, apetalous, 4-6 green ovate sepals, 4 thick white filaments, anthers pink-red-brown, Mar-Apr. | |