Uvularia

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Uvularia
Uvularia grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Uvularia
L.
Type species
Uvularia perfoliata
Synonyms[1]
  • Uffenbachia Heist. ex Fabr.
  • Oakesia S.Watson 1879, illegitimate homonym, not Tuck. 1842 (syn of Corema in Ericaceae)[2]
  • Oakesiella Small

Uvularia is a

stolons,[3][4][5] or stoloniferous rhizomes.[6]
The plants are usually 45–60 cm (18–24 in) in height and bear one or two flowers per stem in April and May, that hang downward from the axils of the leaves.

Species

There are five

endemic) to North America. They grow from northern Florida to Nova Scotia west to Manitoba and south to Texas.[1][7]

Uvularia floridana Chapm. – Florida bellwort - FL GA SC AL MS
Québec
, E + C United States
Uvularia perfoliata L. – perfoliate bellwort - Ontario, E + SC United States
Uvularia puberula Michx. – mountain bellwort - EC United States
Mississippi Valley

Description

Uvularia species are herbaceous perennials with erect, simple or twice branched stems. Leaves alternate, sessile or perfoliate. Single or sometimes paired flowers hang downward from the top of the stems appearing axillary but are in fact terminal. They bloom in spring with bell shaped flowers composed of long tepals. Fruits are three lobed, greenish to yellowish brown in color, producing 1 to 3 roundish seeds per locule.[8]

Cultivation

These unobtrusive woodland plants are used in woodland and shade gardens.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Uvularia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
  2. Missouri Botanical Gardens – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
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  4. doi:10.1046/j.1442-1984.1999.00004.x
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  5. S2CID 30424324
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  6. PMID 11410472.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link
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  7. ^ "Uvularia". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  8. ^ Utech, Frederick H.; Kawano, Shoichi (2002). "Uvularia". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 May 2018 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  9. ISBN 978-0-8214-4356-9
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