Accession Data

Galax urceolata

Common Name: Galax, Beetleweed

Family: Diapensiaceae

Country of Origin: southeastern USA

Habitat: evergreen herb of acid soils in temperate forest

Accession Data

Accession #: 202500074

Accession Date: 2025-12-31 00:00:00

Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2308

Quantity: 2

Source: M.Opel

Provenance:

MRO 340, SE of Laurel Lake, Columbus, NC, USA. Open mossy slopes in Mountain Laurel thicket, with Quercus spp., Acer rubrum, Liquidambar, Oxydendrum and Epigaea repens. Cuttings field collected May 13, 2025.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: asterids

Order: Ericales

Family: Diapensiaceae

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Galax urceolata