North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, and Trees

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Diapensiaceae > Shortia (Oconee Bells)
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013 A very rare endemic to the southern Appalachians, there's a small, presumably planted population at Occoneechee Mountain in Orange Co., NC.
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013 Long stalked leaves are round and shiny with bristle-tipped teeth on shallow lobes.
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013
	Oconee Bells (Shortia galacifolia) Orange Co., NC 6 Apr 2013

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.