View source for Galax ← Galax You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Galax |accepted_authority=Sims |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Bot. Mag. |place=20: plate 754. 1804, name conserved , }} |common_names=Beetleweed;wand-flower |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Diapensiaceae;Galax |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Diapensiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Galax]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek gala, milk, presumably alluding to flower color |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 332, 334 |treatment_page=page 333 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> colonial, scapose, rhizomatous; rhizome slender, scale-leaved, slightly lignescent. <b>Stems</b> erect, unbranched. <b>Leaves</b> basal or rosulate at rhizome tips, 80–350 mm; petiole present; blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, margins finely dentate-serrate, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous, subpalmately veined. <b>Scapes</b> ebracteate, barely elongating after flowering. <b>Inflorescences</b> compact racemes. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals barely connate proximally; petals distinct nearly to base, corolla urceolate, 3.5–8 mm, lobes white, margins entire; anthers 1-locular, without basal spurs, transversely dehiscent; filaments and staminodes connate basally, forming coronalike tube adnate to corolla base, free distally; staminodes present. <b>x</b> = 6.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=e United States. |discussion=<p>Species 1: e United States.</p><!-- --><p>Prior to 1972, the single species of <i>Galax</i> was known as G. aphylla Linnaeus; the type of that name was shown by R. K. Brummitt (1972) to represent a species of Nemophila (Hydrophyllaceae). Because <i>Galax</i> Linnaeus 1753 was based on the Nemophila type, the later name <i>Galax</i> Sims has been conserved.</p><!-- --><p>Species 1</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Galax |author=Guy L. Nesom |authority=Sims |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Diapensiaceae |distribution=e United States. |reference=None |publication title=Bot. Mag. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_657.xml |genus=Galax }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Diapensiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Diapensiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Galax.