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Uvularia perfoliata

Uvularia perfoliata L.

perfoliate bellwort

Image ID: 9738
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: UVPE
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Uvularia perfoliata
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-12-17

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: UVULA
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Uvularia
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Bellwort
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 5 species, of temperate eastern North America.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Wilbur (1963b)=Z; Uttal (1991)=Y; Utech & Kawano in FNA (2002a); Nordenstam in Kubitzki (1998a).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: COLCHI
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Colchicaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.P. de Candolle 1805
FAMILY COMMON: Meadow-saffron Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: As here circumscribed, a family of about 15 genera and about 250 species, nearly cosmopolitan.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Vinnersten & Manning (2007); Chacï¿½n, Cusimano, & Renner (2014); Dahlgren, Clifford, & Yeo (1985); Nordenstam in Kubitzki (1998a).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Spring-flowering, slender understory perennial with pale-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, found in moist to fairly dry hardwood forests.
STEMS: Stems slender, smooth and waxy, branched above the lower few leaves.
LEAVES: Leaves alternate, elliptic, 1Â½â€“4 in. long, smooth; distinctively pierced by the stem.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Bell-shaped flowers solitary or in small clusters, dangling from down-turned, slender stalks; consisting of 6 pale-yellow to straw-colored, sharp-tipped tepals with tiny glandular, orange bumps on the inner surface.
FRUITS: Fruit a short, 3-lobed capsule with 2 ridges on each lobe.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 6-18 in.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Apr-early May

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		x	x	x

BLOOM COLOR: Pale yellow

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
				x

FRUITING PERIOD: Jun-Aug.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE:
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text: Perfoliate Bellwort produces bell-shaped pale yellow flowers that hang down from its stems. The name refers to the way the stem seems to pierce through the leaf blade. Perfoliate Bellwort makes a wonderful addition to a woodland garden. This species is found growing in deciduous woods and upland thickets of the Piedmont and mountains of the eastern U.S. Orangish bumps on the petals differentiate this plant from large flowered bellwort. These choice wildflowers have been carefully propagated at NCBG and are rarely offered for sale.

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Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Part Shade, Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 3
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 9
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE: Bee Friendly, Butterfly Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
1494	HORT	2006-08-14	Wilbur-Brooks	View
1705	HORT	2005-01-01	Bryan	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
2145	1986-1952			View
4174	1992-0330			View
5004	1995-0123			View
5213	1995-0332			View
5698	1995-0824			View
6361	1995-1493			View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
3685	2145	11	NCBG staff	1986-12-31	View
3686	2145	73	NCBG staff	1986-12-31	View
6502	4174	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7423	5004	202	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7666	5213	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
8212	5698	204	NCBG staff	1993-01-01	View
9016	6361	2	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
12975	0	198	MacIntyre	0000-00-00	View
13370	0	187	Liloia	0000-00-00	View
13588	0	75	Liloia	0000-00-00	View
13637	0	76	Liloia	0000-00-00	View
13708	0	74	Liloia	0000-00-00	View
13980	0	81	Briggs	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: UVPE
USDA Common Name: Perfoliate Bellwort
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU				FACU			FACU	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Uvularia perfoliata
COMMON NAME: Perfoliate Bellwort
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, K, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Z]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-early May; Jun-Aug.
HABITAT: Moist to fairly dry hardwood forests.
COMMENTS: S. NH, s. ON, and c. OH, south to Panhandle FL and LA.
RANGE MAP: Uvularia perfoliata.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Colchicaceae A.P. de Candolle 1805 (Meadow-saffron Family)
SUMMARY: As here circumscribed, a family of about 15 genera and about 250 species, nearly cosmopolitan.
REFERENCE: Vinnersten & Manning (2007); Chacï¿½n, Cusimano, & Renner (2014); Dahlgren, Clifford, & Yeo (1985); Nordenstam in Kubitzki (1998a).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Uvularia L. (Bellwort)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 5 species, of temperate eastern North America.
REFERENCE: Wilbur (1963b)=Z; Uttal (1991)=Y; Utech & Kawano in FNA (2002a); Nordenstam in Kubitzki (1998a).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Uvularia perfoliata in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Uvularia perfoliata in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Uvularia perfoliata in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Uvularia perfoliata in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Uvularia perfoliata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Uvularia perfoliata

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 9738 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 9738 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 9738 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)