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

blue-green

From a modest beginning

and these Canna cultivars are amongst the most colorful foliage of all plants

When old enough

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