Uvularia puberula

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 199. 1803.

Common names: Mountain bellwort
Endemic
Synonyms: Oakesia puberula (Michaux) S. Watson Oakesiella puberula (Michaux) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 148.

Rhizomes short, 0.5–1 cm, bearing numerous, clustered, fleshy roots; stolons absent. Stems 1–several, 1-branched, angled and puberulent distally, especially at nodes, 1–4.5 dm, bearing 1 leaf below lowest branch. Leaf-blades sessile, broadly oblongelliptic, 4–8 (–8.5) × 1.5–3.5 (–4) cm, puberulent on abaxial veins, margins minutely papillose, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers 1–3 per stem; peduncles 0.5–2 cm, ebracteate; tepals greenish to pale-yellow, 10–25 × 2–4 mm, smooth adaxially, apex rounded; stamens 6.5–17 mm; anthers 5–12 mm; connectives 0.6–0.8 mm; ovary sessile or subsessile, sharply triangular; style 8–14 mm; stigma lobes 4–6 mm. Capsules sharply 3-winged, broadly ellipsoid, 1.5–3.7 × 1–2 cm, not beaked. Seeds 3–3.5 mm; arils crested. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Moist to dry, open woods
Elevation: 0–900 m

Distribution

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Ga., Md., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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versatile +  and dorsifixed +
linear-oblong +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
nectariferous +
rounded +, acute +  and acuminate +
crested +
Frederick H. Utech +  and Shoichi Kawano +
Michaux +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
oblong-linear +  and oblong-ovate +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
flower-bearing +
tunicate +  and scaly +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.7 cm37 mm <br />0.037 m <br />) +
ellipsoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Mountain bellwort +
0.6mm +  and 0.8mm +
Ga. +, Md. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–900 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
stipitate +, sessile +  and capsular +
greenish;yellowish-brown +
loculicidal +  and dehiscent +
submembranaceous +  and leathery +
Moist to dry, open woods +
umbellate +, cymose +  and spicate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
oblongelliptic +
1.5cm;3.5cm +
perfoliate +  and sessile +
persistent +
papillose +
subsessile +  and sessile +
triangular +
many;several +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
campanulate +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
brownish red +
1 +  and 3 +
globose +  and ovoid +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
distinct +  and weakly connate +
staminodial +
3 +, 4 +  and 6 +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
puberulent +
1;several +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
3-lobed +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Oakesia puberula +  and Oakesiella puberula +
Uvularia puberula +
Uvularia +
species +
greenish;pale-yellow +
deciduous +
distinct +
10mm;25mm +
linear +  and narrowly oblong +
2mm;4mm +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
3 +  and 2 +