OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Uvularia grandiflora   FAMILY Colchicaceae   Go to FSUS key



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).


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image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

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).

image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

JK Marlow    jkm210401_9063

April    Polk County    NC

image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

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        

image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

Ron Lance    rwl_uvularia_grandiflora

April    Jackson County    NC

image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140418_134110

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

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).

image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

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).


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image of Uvularia grandiflora, Large-flowered Bellwort

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Golden yellow
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, perianth narrowly campanulate
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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