Scientific Name
Shortia galacifolia
Common Name
Oconee bells; Shortia
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
6 inches
Flower/fruit:
1 inch white to pinkish flowers on 3 to 6 inch stalk; five irregularly toothed petals
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
.75 to 2.5 inch oval to roundish shiny leaves with wavy teeth; long-stalked
Site:
Moist, rich woods; partial shade to shade
Comments:
Spreads by short runners to form large colonies
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