Global InformationShortia galacifolia information
| Oconee bells | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Diapensiaceae |
| Genus: | Shortia |
| Species: | S. galacifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Shortia galacifolia Torr. & A.Gray
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Shortia galacifolia, the Oconee bells or acony 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.[3][4] Additional populations (some of them naturalized) have been found in Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Massachusetts.[5] Shortia galacifolia has also been reported in Japan, as have three other species of Shortia.[4][6]
- ^ NatureServe (10 November 2020). "Shortia galacifolia". NatureServe. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Tropicos, Shortia galacifolia Torr. & A.Gray
- ^ "Shortia galacifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ a b Vivian, V. E. (1967). "Shortia galacifolia: Its Life History and Microclimatic Requirements". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 94 (5): 369–387. doi:10.2307/2483507. JSTOR 2483507.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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