BUXACEAE: Boxwood Family
KEY TO SPECIES OF PACHYSANDRA
1. Apex of all years 1 twig lacking conspicuous bud and flowering or fruiting spikes. Leaf blade minutely scattered-hairy, upperside of most with mottled color ................................................................ P. procumbens
1. Apex of some year 1 twigs with a conspicuous bud or flowering or fruiting spike(s). Leaf blade glabrous, upperside not mottled ........... P. terminalis