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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Galax urceolata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Galax at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galax urceolata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-03-001:
Galax aphylla
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Galax aphylla
COMMON NAME:
Galax, Beetleweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Steve Marlow snm079701_10a
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves sharp-toothed, glossy, and often aging to wine-red or bronze, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0404l_04
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Galax is often called Coltsfoot because of the shape of its leaves, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
COMPARE
leaves of Galax and Oconee Bells
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9673
April Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9674b
April Jackson County NC
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Harry Davis hld584_crw_6999
May Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
A dense, narrow, spikelike raceme of 0.25" flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0305d_07a
May Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Leaves nearly circular with palmate veins [vs. the pinnate veins of Shortia], per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0305x_36
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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Keith Bradley kab_galax_urceolata_2685
June NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgurceolata_cg1
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgurceolata_flwrtrsp
June Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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Ron Lance rwl584_a
June
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Galax urceolata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galax urceolata
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-03-001:
Galax aphylla
FAMILY
Diapensiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Galax aphylla
584
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain) endemic
Look for it in mountain forests, rock outcrops, nearly ubiquitous in the Mountains, more restricted in habitat elsewhere, moist to dry slopes in Piedmont & Coastal Plain, often associated with Kalmia latifolia or Rhododendron maximum, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals united at base
5 petals
5 united stamens & 5 staminodia
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p082
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p109
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p130
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p066
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p143
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p178
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p140
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p142
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p191
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p103
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p374
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p120