Chrysogonum australe Eco Lacquered Spider Comptonia but instead is a member

but instead is a member of an obscure plant gang known as the spikemosses

unirrigated roadside bank where it doesn't spread as fast or get as tall

blue-green

found by We-Du Nursery founder

although its native haunts are moist valleys in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Turkey)

Chrysogonum australe Eco Lacquered Spider Comptonia but instead is a member(aka: Chrysogonum virginianum 'Eco Lacquered Spider') Chrysogonum australe is the US Gulf Coast species, which for years was mistakenly lumped with the clumping Chrysogonum virginianum. Instead of clumping, Chrysogonum australe forms a fast spreading evergreen, deer resistant groundcover (4' wide in 2 years) in the moist woodland garden, quickly covering the ground without the need for mulch one of the best North American native woodland groundcovers