Index / Search / Galax urceolata
§1 Plant
Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt
vernacular beetleweed — species · Diapensiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Diapensiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Galax
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 181 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 181 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Banks 13011
- Bartow 13015
- Carroll 13045
- Catoosa 13047
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Gilmer 13123
- Gordon 13129
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Jackson 13157
- Meriwether 13199
- Murray 13213
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Stephens 13257
- Taylor 13269
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Virginia view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GAUR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5333324 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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