| Author | (Roxburgh) R.W. Bouman | |
| Distribution | Vouchered from Durham (1961, 2012), Mecklenburg (1979), Randolph (2001), Guilford (2018), Anson (2022, and Wake (2024) counties. A specimen from Craven County (at NCU) is P. caroliniensis. A specimen in 2023 is from Wilson County.
Native of the Old World tropics, including Indian Ocean islands; in N.A. VA and TN south to FL and TX. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | Flower beds, shrub beds, greenhouse weed. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-September. | |
| Identification | This leaf-flower is an annual, branching herb, less than a foot tall. Leaves on the main stem are scale-like. Leaves are numerous on the branches, distichous (in one plane), dark green above and pale gray-green beneath, and less than 1 inch long. Flowers grow singly or a few together on drooping stalks from leaf axils. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Moved out of Phyllanthus by Bouman in 2021.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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