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. Allegheny-spurge, which is occasionally cultivated, is a much less aggressive spreader than the more commonly planted Japanese Pachysandra.

Carroll Co., VA 4/6/02.

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

Carroll Co., VA 4/6/02.