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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uvularia perfoliata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Uvularia perfoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-001:

Uvularia perfoliata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Uvularia perfoliata

 

COMMON NAME:
Perfoliate Bellwort


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_uvpe_001_lvd

        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_uvularia_perfoliata

March        

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JK Marlow    jkm090419_002

April    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

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JK Marlow    jkm150412_264

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Can be distinguished by the orange granular glands on the inside of tepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm190414_7414

April    Oconee County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm190414_7415

April    Oconee County    SC

1-3 flowers, each nodding singly from upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm190418_7518

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm190418_7520

April    Greenville County    SC

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Keith Bradley    kab_u_perfoliata_1154

April    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Resembles Large-flowered Bellwort but its petals and sepals aren't twisted, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmuperfoliata_and20

April    Anderson County    SC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmuperfoliata_and5

April    Anderson County    SC

A solitary light yellow flower about 1" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmuperfoliata_and8

April    Anderson County    SC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmuperfoliata_leefalls4

April    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

A large, leafy, perfoliate bract on the pedicel so the flower appears terminal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm090503_098

May    Polk County    NC

Stems strict or one-branched, solitary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm090503_100

May    Polk County    NC

Leaves smooth, blue-green, oval, pointed, pierced by the stem at the base, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).


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JK Marlow    jkm090503_104

May    Polk County    NC

Leaves glabrous and often glaucous beneath, per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm190508_8255

May    Greenville County    SC

The green 3-cornered capsule is about 1/3" long, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

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JK Marlow    jkm200606_5679

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves glabrous and glaucous, whereas grandiflora is usually pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm181104_5602

November    Oconee County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Uvularia perfoliata   FAMILY Colchicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uvularia perfoliata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Uvularia perfoliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-001:
Uvularia perfoliata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Uvularia perfoliata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1573

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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