Phyllanthaceae

Missouri maidenbush

Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.

Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthopsis

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Missouri maidenbush: Common name: Missouri maidenbush Uncommon species from Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri Photographed in the Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades — Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Missouri maidenbush, Buckbrush, Maidenbush

Synonyms

Andrachne phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Müll.Arg.
Andrachne phyllanthoides var. reverchonii (J.M.Coult.) Blank.
Andrachne reverchonii J.M.Coult.
Andrachne roemeriana (Scheele) Müll.Arg.
Lepidanthus phyllanthoides Nutt.
Leptopus phyllanthoides (Nutt.) G.L.Webster
Maschalanthus obovatus Nutt.
Phyllanthus roemerianus Scheele
Savia phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Savia phyllanthoides var. reverchonii (J.M.Coult.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Savia phyllanthoides var. roemeriana (Scheele) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.