Index / Search / Leiophyllum buxifolium
§1 Plant
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott
vernacular sandmyrtle — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Leiophyllum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 38 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 38 counties across 7 states/territories.
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEBU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4165164 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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