Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Uvularia grandiflora
FAMILY
Colchicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Uvularia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uvularia grandiflora
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Uvularia grandiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-002:
Uvularia grandiflora FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Uvularia grandiflora
COMMON NAME:
Large-flowered Bellwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_uvgr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170326_267
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm200321_3272
March Polk County NC
Look for it in cove forests and other moist, rich, forested sites, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_uvularia_grandiflora
March
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1572_a
April Polk County NC
Tepals pale to golden yellow, twisted, overlapping, smooth within, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
flowers of Bellwort species
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JK Marlow jkm0404n_07
April Polk County NC
1-3 (rarely 4) flowers per stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210401_9063
April Polk County NC
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Keith Bradley kab_u_grandiflora_0902
April Polk County NC
Narrow, butter yellow, twisted sepals & petals appear limp, even when fresh, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmugrandiflora_us276
April
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Ron Lance rwl_uvularia_grandiflora
April Jackson County NC
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_134110
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Dan Whitten sdw_bellwort
April Polk County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmugrandiflora_pw3721
May
Flowers about 1.5" long and a deeper golden yellow than U. perfoliata, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmugrandiflora_pw3722
May
Tepals and foliage twisted, giving the plant a droopy, wilted appearance, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves of Bellwort species
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_050821rufusmorgan15
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Uvularia grandiflora
FAMILY
Colchicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uvularia grandiflora
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Uvularia grandiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-002:
Uvularia grandiflora
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Uvularia grandiflora
1572
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: cove forests and other moist, rich, forested sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains of GA & NC (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Golden yellow
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, perianth narrowly campanulate
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p275
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p185
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p022
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p340
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p269
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p162
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p037
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p369
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p369
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p434
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p462
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p008
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