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Sand myrtle   /sænd mˈərtəl/   Listen
Sand myrtle

noun
1.
Low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage.  Synonym: Leiophyllum buxifolium.





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"Sand myrtle" Quotes from Famous Books



... L. thymifolia, Ammyrsine buxifolia and Ledum buxifolium).—Sand Myrtle. New Jersey and Virginia, 1736. This is a dwarf, compact shrub from New Jersey, with box-like leaves, and bunches of small white flowers in early summer. For using as a rock plant, and in sandy peat, it is an excellent ...
— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster


Words linked to "Sand myrtle" :   Leiophyllum, shrub, genus Leiophyllum, bush


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