{"id":13483,"count":1,"description":"Galax (Wandplant, Wandflower, or Beetleweed) is a genus in the flowering plant family Diapensiaceae, containing a single species, Galax urceolata (syn. G. rotundifolia, G. aphylla). It is native to the southeastern United States from Massachusetts and New York south to northern Alabama, growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains at altitudes of up to 1,500\u00a0m, where it grows in shaded places in forests.\nIt is an evergreen herbaceous perennial plant growing to 30\u201345\u00a0cm (rarely 75\u00a0cm) tall, with a rosette of leathery leaves which grow only at the base of the plant, and turn brown during winter. The leaves are a rounded cardioid (heart) shape, 2.5\u20137.5\u00a0cm diameter, rarely up to 15\u00a0cm, with a serrated margin with rounded \"teeth\". The flowers are produced in late spring to early summer, white in color and on a single spike-like raceme 15\u201325\u00a0cm long on top of a 20\u201350\u00a0cm tall stem. Each individual flower has five petals, and is up to 4\u00a0mm or 0.15 inches in diameter. The fruit is a small...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/galax\/","name":"Galax","slug":"galax","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/13483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=13483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}