...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Galax at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
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
COMMON NAME:
Galax, Beetleweed
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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 Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9674b
April Transylvania 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