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Beetleweed, Wandflower, Galax (Galax urceolata) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 Formerly known as Galax aphylla, this plant is common in the NC mountains and uncommon elsewhere in forested slopes. | |
Beetleweed, Wandflower, Galax (Galax urceolata) Avery Co., NC 26 July 2006 This is the only species in the genus. Endemic to eastern North America, it's range is centered in the southern Appalachian Mountains. | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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