Shortia galacifolia

Plant Characteristics
Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width:	⇔	10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring

Scientific Names
Diapensiaceae >	Shortia >	galacifolia >

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Shortia galacifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Shortia galacifolia, Torr. & Gray (Sherwoodia galacifolia, House). Fig. 3613. Lvs. all radical, long-petioled, the blades orbicular or broadly ovate-orbicular, often slightly cordate, at the apex obtuse or even retuse, the margin repand-serrate: peduncles slender, 3-8 in. tall, 1-fld., bracted near the top: fl. inclined or nodding, white, 1 in. across, the obtuse lobes undulate. Mountains of N. C. B.M. 7082. G.C. II. 15:596; III. 5:397; 17:453. G. 34:521; 36:121; 37:309. Gn. 38:204; 67, p. 285; 71, p. 7; 73, p. 189. J.H. III. 30:299; 58:373. G.M. 34:353. G.F. 1:509 (adapted in Fig. 3613). Gn.W. 7:605; 20:295. A.G. 12:287. Mn. 6, p. 83. C.L.A. 17:414. F.S.R. 3:8.— A very attractive plant with the look of a pyrola; very local. Var. rosea, Hort., has rose-colored fls. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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