Perfoliate Bellwort
Scientific Name:Uvularia perfoliata


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

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Perfoliate Bellwort
Genus species: Uvularia perfoliata
Common Name: Perfoliate 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
Introduced Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
Identified by:B. Dole
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