Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides

Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Phyllantheae
Genus: Phyllanthopsis
Species: P. phyllanthoides
Binomial name
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
(Nutt.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.
Synonyms

Andrachne phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Müll.Arg.
Lepidanthus phyllanthoides Nutt.
Leptopus phyllanthoides (Nutt.) G.L.Webster

Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (buckbrush or maidenbush), is a plant of the genus Andrachne, native to the south-central United States. Maidenbush is often found along the sides of old roads or along fence rows. It has small red berries that are slightly poisonous. The berries are only about the size of a BB shot. The bush will grow to about three or four feet tall.

Plants are either male or female.

Andrachne phyllanthoides leaf closeup

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