Biology:Uvularia puberula
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Mountain bellwort | |
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| Botanical illustration from 1913[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae |
| Genus: | Uvularia |
| Species: | U. puberula
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| Binomial name | |
| Uvularia puberula Michx. 1803 not Sm. 1818
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Uvularia puberula". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-290907.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 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
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