Biology:Uvularia puberula

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Mountain bellwort
Uvularia puberula BB-1913.png
Botanical illustration from 1913[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Uvularia
Species:
U. puberula
Binomial name
Uvularia puberula
Michx. 1803 not Sm. 1818
Synonyms[2]
  • Oakesia puberula (Michx.) S.Watson
  • Oakesia sessilifolia var. nitida Britton
  • Oakesiella nitida (Britton) A.Heller
  • Oakesiella puberula (Michx.) Small
  • Uvularia nitida (Britton) Mack.

Uvularia puberula, the mountain bellwort, is a plant species native to the eastern United States. It is common across Virginia, North and South Carolina, West Virginia, and adjacent parts of northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee , eastern Kentucky and southern Pennsylvania. Isolated populations have been found in southern Georgia, northern Alabama, southern New Jersey, and Long Island in New York State.[3]

Uvularia puberula is a perennial herb with 1-3 pale yellow flowers per stem.[4]

References

  1. Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 519.
  2. "Uvularia puberula". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-290907. 
  3. "Uvularia puberula", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Uvularia%20puberula.png 
  4. Utech, Frederick H.; Kawano, Shoichi (2002), "Uvularia puberula", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 26, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102042 

Wikidata ☰ Q14800502 entry