| Family | DIAPENSIACEAE |
| Genus species | Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt |
| Bibliography | Taxon 21: 309 (1972) |
| Native Range | e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 500-1800m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to orbiculate, finely serrate, obtuse or rounded, glabrous, flowers in compact raceme, corolla urceolate, 3-8mm long, lobes entire |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Galax cordifolia (Beauverd ex Vent.) W.T.Aiton Galax rotundifolia (Michx.) Pursh Pyrola urceolata Poir. Solenandria cordifolia Beauverd ex Vent. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (OHI Ohio, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |