Uvularia puberula

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 199. 1803.

Common names: Mountain bellwort
Endemic
Synonyms: Oakesia puberula (Michaux) S. Watson Oakesiella puberula (Michaux) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 148.

Rhizomes short, 0.5–1 cm, bearing numerous, clustered, fleshy roots; stolons absent. Stems 1–several, 1-branched, angled and puberulent distally, especially at nodes, 1–4.5 dm, bearing 1 leaf below lowest branch. Leaf blades sessile, broadly oblong-elliptic, 4–8(–8.5) × 1.5–3.5(–4) cm, puberulent on abaxial veins, margins minutely papillose, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers 1–3 per stem; peduncles 0.5–2 cm, ebracteate; tepals greenish to pale yellow, 10–25 × 2–4 mm, smooth adaxially, apex rounded; stamens 6.5–17 mm; anthers 5–12 mm; connectives 0.6–0.8 mm; ovary sessile or subsessile, sharply triangular; style 8–14 mm; stigma lobes 4–6 mm. Capsules sharply 3-winged, broadly ellipsoid, 1.5–3.7 × 1–2 cm, not beaked. Seeds 3–3.5 mm; arils crested. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Moist to dry, open woods
Elevation: 0–900 m

Distribution

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Ga., Md., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Uvularia puberula"
Frederick H. Utech +  and Shoichi Kawano +
Michaux +
Mountain bellwort +
Ga. +, Md. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–900 m +
Moist to dry, open woods +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Oakesia puberula +  and Oakesiella puberula +
Uvularia puberula +
Uvularia +
species +