Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Uvularia puberula
FAMILY
Colchicaceae
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 puberula
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
Notes on Uvularia puberula Michaux (Liliaceae) (Uttal, 1991)
Uvularia puberula var. nitida
INCLUDING
Notes on Uvularia puberula Michaux (Liliaceae) (Uttal, 1991)
Uvularia puberula var. puberula
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-003:
Uvularia pudica
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oakesiella puberula
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Bellwort, Appalachian Bellwort, Carolina Bellwort
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_uvpu2_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmupuberula_sta2
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmupuberula_sta3
March Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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JK Marlow jkm150412_230
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Keith Bradley kab_u_puberula_0588
April Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest
Split by some into Coastal "var. nitida" & montane/Piedmont "var. puberula", per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmupuberulapuberula_pc1
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
1-3 light yellow flowers, 3/4-1" long; styles separate for half their length, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
flowers of Bellwort species
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Ron Lance rwl_upubera
April Jackson County NC
Grows in tight clumps with 1-3" between stems, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmupuberula_leefalls
April? Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Found in dry to moist forests on acid soils, usually in openings, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm110513_494
May Greenville County SC
Camp Old Indian
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JK Marlow jkm140517_810
May Transylvania County NC
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Diane Creaton dmc061310_03416
June Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Capsule broadly ellipsoid, tapered to both ends, winged on the angles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
Solomon's Plume, Solomon's Seal, Twisted Stalk, and two Bellworts
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JK Marlow jkm140621_129
June Oconee County SC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100730_300
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0508d_24
August Transylvania County NC
Similar to U. sessifolia, but leaves green and shining on both sides, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
COMPARE
leaves of Bellwort species
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JK Marlow jkm0509k_26
September Transylvania County NC
Silver Run Preserve
Lvs glabrous, lustrous, thick, elliptic, acute to slightly acuminate, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Uvularia puberula
FAMILY
Colchicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uvularia puberula
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
Notes on Uvularia puberula Michaux (Liliaceae) (Uttal, 1991)
Uvularia puberula var. nitida
INCLUDING
Notes on Uvularia puberula Michaux (Liliaceae) (Uttal, 1991)
Uvularia puberula var. puberula
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-003:
Uvularia pudica
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oakesiella puberula
1574
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in NC-SC Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in NC-SC, rare in GA
Look for it in dry to moist upland, acidic forests, up to at least 1500m, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Pale yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, perianth narrowly campanulate
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p046
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p165
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p340
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p269
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p162
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p370
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p435
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p009
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p141