NameThatPlant.net: Uvularia sessilifolia

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

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uvularia sessilifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-004:

Uvularia sessilifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Wild-oats, Sessile-leaf Bellwort, Straw-lily

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Uvularia sessilifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-33-004:
Uvularia sessilifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

1575

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist hardwood forests, on slopes and mainly in bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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