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Uvularia puberula

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Mountain bellwort
Botanical illustration from 1913[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Uvularia
Species:
U. puberula
Binomial name
Uvularia puberula
Michx. 1803 not Sm. 1818
Synonyms[2]
  • Oakesia puberula (Michx.) S.Watson
  • Oakesia sessilifolia var. nitida Britton
  • Oakesiella nitida (Britton) A.Heller
  • Oakesiella puberula (Michx.) Small
  • Uvularia nitida (Britton) Mack.

Uvularia puberula, the mountain bellwort, is a plant species native to the eastern United States. It is common across Virginia, North and South Carolina, West Virginia, and adjacent parts of northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, eastern Kentucky and southern Pennsylvania. Isolated populations have been found in southern Georgia, northern Alabama, southern New Jersey, and Long Island in New York State.[3]

Uvularia puberula is a perennial herb with 1-3 pale yellow flowers per stem.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 519.
  2. ^ "Uvularia puberula". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. ^ "Uvularia puberula". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  4. ^ Utech, Frederick H.; Kawano, Shoichi (2002). "Uvularia puberula". 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 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.