Large-Flowered Bellwort
Scientific Name:Uvularia grandiflora


NOTES: Spring ephemeral. Seeds have fatty appendages (elaiosomes) which attract ants that disperse seeds.

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Large-Flowered Bellwort
Genus species: Uvularia grandiflora
Common Name: Large-Flowered Bellwort
Family Name: Colchicaceae  
Perennial herbs that grow from a corm or a rhizome. The leaves may grow directly from the ground, or alternately along a stem. The leaves have parallel veins running lengthwise along the blade and untoothed (entire) margins.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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