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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Shortia brevistyla
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Shortia brevistyla ... (Diapensiaceae), a narrow endemic from the headwaters of the Catawba River in NC (Gaddy et al., 2019)
Shortia brevistyla
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-01-001?:
Shortia galacifolia
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sherwoodia galacifolia
COMMON NAME:
Northern Shortia
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Shortia brevistyla
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Shortia brevistyla ... (Diapensiaceae), a narrow endemic from the headwaters of the Catawba River in NC (Gaddy et al., 2019)
Shortia brevistyla
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-01-001?:
Shortia galacifolia
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sherwoodia galacifolia
4400
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it on moist slopes, creekbanks, and rock outcrops in humid escarpment gorges with high rainfall, generally in deep shade under Rhododendron maximum, at elevations of 350-550m. This species is known only from McDowell County, NC, where it occurs on several tributaries of the Catawba River and North Fork Catawba River. ... This area is disjunct about 100 kilometers to the northeast along the Blue Ridge Escarpment from the range of S. galacifolia, per Weakley's Flora
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...Moist
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals barely united at base
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens & 5 very short staminodia
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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