This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Pine-barren Beauty. Pyxidanthera barbulata.
Diapensia Family. Mch. - May.
A low plant, growing in mat-like patches, creeping prostrate branches 6 - 10 inches long. Found in dry, sandy soil, pine barrens.
New Jersey to North Carolina.
White, often pink, about 1/4 inch across, 5-lobed, numerous.
Very small and narrow, seated on stem, crowded toward the ends of the branches, moss-like in appearance.
 
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