Uvularia grandiflora J.E. Smith. Section: Uvularia. Common name: Large-flowered Bellwort. Phenology: Mid Apr-mid May; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Cove forests and other moist, rich, forested sites. Distribution: S. QC west to ND, south to w. NC, w. SC, n. GA, c. AL, MS, c. AR, and e. OK.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA26, G, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, WV, Wilbur (1963b). Basionym: Uvularia grandiflora Sm. 1804
Links to other floras: = Uvularia grandiflora - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Spring-flowering understory perennial with drooping flowers and leaves, found in cove forests and other moist, rich, forested sites.
Stems: Stems 1 or more from single root crown, smooth, branched and bearing 1-2 leaves below the branches.
Leaves: Leaves pierced by stem, elliptic to oval, drooping, smooth above and white-hairy below.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 1-3 per stem/branch, golden-yellow, 1-2 in. long, dangling on pendant stalks, consisting of 6 slightly twisted tepals with smooth inner surfaces.
Fruits: Fruit an oval, 3-lobed capsule (triangular in cross-section).
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Height: 8-24 in.
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description: Spring-flowering understory perennial with drooping flowers and leaves, found in cove forests and other moist, rich, forested sites.
stems: Stems 1 or more from single root crown, smooth, branched and bearing 1-2 leaves below the branches.
leaves: Leaves pierced by stem, elliptic to oval, drooping, smooth above and white-hairy below.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 1-3 per stem/branch, golden-yellow, 1-2 in. long, dangling on pendant stalks, consisting of 6 slightly twisted tepals with smooth inner surfaces.
fruits: Fruit an oval, 3-lobed capsule (triangular in cross-section).
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native range: eastern North America
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