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Pachysandra terminalis
Pachysandra terminalis, the Japanese pachysandra, carpet box or Japanese spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the boxwood family Buxaceae, native to Japan, Korea and China. It is a slow-growing, spreading evergreen perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in) tall by 60 cm (24 in) broad, with alternate, simple, glossy leaves, and creeping stems. The leaves may yellow in winter. When growing in a spreading mass of many plants, a dense cover is formed.
The flowers are white, borne above the foliage. In temperate Northern Hemisphere sites they appear late in the month of March and throughout the month of April. The plant is very cold hardy.
The specific epithet terminalis means "ending", and refers to the clusters of leaves which appear at the end of the short stems.
In Dutch, Pachysandra terminalis is called Dikkemanskruid (Fat Man's Weed) - a litteral translation of 'Pachysandra'. The name refers to the 'fat' stamens of these flowers.
Japanese Spurge was introduced to The Netherlands in 1860 by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) who had worked in Japan as a collecting botanist and a doctor and sometime Dutch spy. He introduced western medicine to that country and was the father of the first Japanese woman to receive a medical training along European lines.
Today Japanese Spurge is a much-used ground cover. It flowers in March and April but I've not often observed anyone examining its blossoms carefully. Take my word for it: they're fascinating... but hardly photogenic. Except, of course, when they're visited by ubiquitous Honeybee. Just look at the way she's gathering pollen and perhaps some Sweet Nectar as well.
LA: Pachysandra terminalis
EN: Japanese spurge
DE: Dickmännchen
(Shot in a park in München.)
This plant is endemic is endemic to China and Japan.
In Europe used as a ground cover plant in parks and gardens. The leaves are evergreen. The flowers at the top are male flowers, the ones at the bottom are female.
"Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen', 2017, [Japanese Spurge], , 6x12 in #Perennial #shade, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, -, Bloom Month 5-6, In Garden Bed a0 for 0 DAYS.
Commonly called Japanese pachysandra. Shrubby, evergreen ground cover which grows 8-12"" high and spreads by rhizomes to form a dense carpet of foliage. This cultivar is noted for having glossy foliage.
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Planta que tiene un desarrollo tapizante,muy usada en zonas de mucha sombra,tiende a ensancharse mucho, no temen el frío y tolera cierto grado de sequedad
Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese pachysandra, or Japanese spurge) is a widespread groundcover in the gardens of the 411 Building courtyard in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Photo taken May 2022.
This publicly accessible outdoor courtyard and garden is on the east side of the 411 East Wisconsin building.
White flower spikes of variegated form of evergreen perennial Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegata'), early March. Originally from north central China and Japan.
White flower spikes of evergreen perennial Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis), early March. Originally from north central China and Japan.
After a somewhat extensive search, I found that this weird looking plant is called Pachysandra terminalis. I blogged about how I found it out (in Japanese) with some other pictures of the plant.
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/448190747.html
この植物は「フッキソウ（富貴草）」という植物。見たことのない変な花を咲かせている植物があるので、家に帰ってネットで調べようと思って撮ってきた写真です。その調べものの経緯は、ブログにまとめてあります。
nofrills.seesaa.net/article/448190747.html
18 March 2017
Tokyo, Japan