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|accepted_name=Shortia
|accepted_authority=Torrey & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|place=42: 48. 1842, name conserved ,
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|common_names=Oconee bells;little coltsfoot
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Diapensiaceae;Shortia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Diapensiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Shortia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Charles Wilkens Short, 1794–1863, Kentucky botanist
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 332, 333
|treatment_page=page 334
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> colonial, scapose, rhizomatous; rhizome slender, scale-leaved, lignescent. <b>Stems</b> erect, unbranched. <b>Leaves</b> basal, rosulate from rhizome buds, 30–80 mm; petiole present; blade orbiculate to elliptic-orbiculate, ovate-oblong, or ovate, margins coarsely crenate-serrate, apex emarginate to truncate, surfaces glabrous, pinnately veined. <b>Scapes</b> bracteate, elongating after flowering. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals distinct; petals connate in proximal 1/4–1/2, corolla campanulate to funnelform, 15–25 mm, lobes white to rose-purple, margins obtusely toothed to laciniate or fringed; anthers 2-locular, without basal spurs, longitudinally dehiscent; filaments adnate to corolla tube; staminodes present. <b>x</b> = 6.</span><!--

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|distribution=se United States;e Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 6 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The Asian species of <i>Shortia</i> occur in Japan (three endemic), Taiwan and the Ryukyus (one endemic), and Yunnan Province, China (one endemic).</p>
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|id=barnes1990a
|text=Barnes, P. G. 1990. A summary of the genus Shortia. Plantsman 12: 23–34.
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|id=davies1952a
|text=Davies, P. A. 1952. Geographical variation in Shortia galacifolia. Rhodora 54: 121–124.
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|id=davies1955a
|text=Davies, P. A. 1955. Distribution and abundance of Shortia galacifolia. Rhodora 57: 189–201.
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|id=hatley1977a
|text=Hatley, J. R. 1977. An Analysis of Variation in Shortia galacifolia. M.S. thesis. North Carolina State University.
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|id=vivian1967a
|text=Vivian, V. E. 1967. Shortia galacifolia, its life history and microclimate requirements. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 94: 369–387.
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name=Shortia
|author=Guy L. Nesom
|authority=Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Diapensiaceae
|distribution=se United States;e Asia.
|reference=barnes1990a;davies1952a;davies1955a;hatley1977a;vivian1967a
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
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