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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Shortia brevistyla   FAMILY Diapensiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Shortia brevistyla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Shortia brevistyla ... (Diapensiaceae), a narrow endemic from the headwaters of the Catawba River in NC (Gaddy et al., 2019)

Shortia brevistyla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-01-001?:

Shortia galacifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sherwoodia galacifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Shortia, Northern Oconee Bells


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March    McDowell County    NC

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March    McDowell County    NC

Style 6-10 (-12) mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Shortia brevistyla, Northern Shortia, Northern Oconee Bells

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March    McDowell County    NC

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March    McDowell County    NC

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March    McDowell County    NC

Style about 1.3-1.5× as long as the stamens, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Shortia brevistyla, Northern Shortia, Northern Oconee Bells

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March    McDowell County    NC

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June    McDowell County    NC

Leaves orbicular to elliptic-orbicular, coarsely crenate-serrate, base rounded to cordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Shortia brevistyla   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Shortia brevistyla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Shortia brevistyla ... (Diapensiaceae), a narrow endemic from the headwaters of the Catawba River in NC (Gaddy et al., 2019)
Shortia brevistyla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 146-01-001?:
Shortia galacifolia   FAMILY Diapensiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sherwoodia galacifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4400

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: On moist slopes, creekbanks, and rock outcrops in humid escarpment gorges with high rainfall, generally in deep shade under Rhododendron maximum, at elevations of 350-550m, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals barely united at base
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens & 5 very short staminodia

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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