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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...
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    Shortia is a small genus of subshrubs or perennial herbs in the family Diapensiaceae. There are five species, four in Asia and one in the Appalachian...
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    saw an unnamed dried specimen, collected by André Michaux, and named it Shortia galacifolia. He spent considerable time and effort over the next 38 years...
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    (5 species), Galax Sims (1 species), Pyxidanthera Michx. (2 species), Shortia Torr. & A.Gray (4 species), and Schizocodon Siebold & Zucc. (2 species)...
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    Carolina, they have kept it undeveloped. A rare wildflower, the Oconee Bell (Shortia galacifolia), native to only a few counties in the Blue Ridge area, was...
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  • Folk Album. The plant described in the song, "Acony Bell" appears to be Shortia galacifolia, also known as the Oconee bells. Welch later began her own...
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    Al-Shehbaz Erysimum dentatum (Raf.) Kuntze Iodanthus dentatus (Raf.) Greene Shortia dentata Raf. Arabis dentata var. phalacrocarpa M.Hopkins Arabis perstellata...
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  • the botanist whom correctly diagnosed the rediscovery of the long-lost Shortia galacifolia, a relict herb that had been long sought by Gray. Congdon discovered...
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    Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Borodinia Busch Synonyms Shortia Raf....
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  • Seriphidium Serissa Serruria Sesbania Sesleria Setaria Shepherdia Shibataea Shortia Sibiraea Sidalcea Sideritis Silene (campion) Silphium Silybum Simmondsia...
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