Diapensiaceae
Beetleweed
Galax urceolata
- Family
- Diapensiaceae
- Genus
- Galax
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 岩穗
- English
- Beetleweed
- Finnish
- Peiponkaali
- German
- Bronzeblatt
- Swedish
- Rödrot
Synonyms
- Galax cordifolia (P.Beauv. ex Vent.) W.T.Aiton
- Galax erythrorhiza Raf.
- Galax rotundifolia Pursh
- Pyrola urceolata Poir.
- Solenandria cordifolia P.Beauv. ex Vent.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: MattyD, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Henry Decker, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: rickofms, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hankster2003, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: JBW, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dan Mohn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.