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Shortia galacifolia
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Shortia galacifolia, the Oconee bell is a rare North American plant in the family Diapensiaceae found in the southern Appalachian Mountains, concentrated in the tri-state border region of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Additional populations have been found in Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Shortia galacifolia has also been reported in Japan, as have three other species of Shortia.
- Family
- Diapensiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Shortia galacifolia
- Slug
- shortia-galacifolia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Diapensiaceae
- Genus
- Shortia
- Species
- galacifolia
- Wikidata QID
- Q867748
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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