| Family | CELASTRACEAE |
| Genus species | Paxistima canbyi A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 623 (1873) |
| Native Range | e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves 1-2cm long, narrowly oblong, entire or slightly dentate, flowers 4-5mm across, tetramerous, in axillary clusters |
| Size | 30-40cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |