This native subshrub or forb has been found in North Carolina only from moist rich woods in Polk County. It is not known to be native to Virginia, where the planted specimen at left was photographed. The semi-evergreen leaves are attractively patterned with milky white splotches. Unlike the Japanese Pachysandra, it is not an aggressive spreader.

Carroll Co., VA 4/6/02.

It produces masses of flower spikes in early spring, before leaf-out.

Carroll Co., VA 4/6/02.