North Carolina Wildflowers
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Liliaceae > Uvularia (bellwort) |
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Coastal Bellwort (Uvularia puberula var. nitida)
Moore Co., NC
12 Apr 2008Uncommon in the NC coastal plain, this variety grows in acidic forests & woodlands. |
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Coastal Bellwort (Uvularia puberula var. nitida)
Moore Co., NC
12 Apr 2008This individual was growing in a very recently burned area at Weymouth Woods State Nature Preserve between a riparian border and a longleaf pine flatwoods. It seemed to be the first and only green plant to appear immediately after the burn here. |
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Coastal Bellwort (Uvularia puberula var. nitida)
Moore Co., NC
12 Apr 2008Traditionally placed in the Liliaceae, some current authors are splitting that family and placing Uvularia in the Colchicaceae. |
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Mountain Bellwort (Uvularia puberula var. puberula)
Clay Co., NC
13 May 2006Common in various forested habitats in the NC mountains and into the piedmont. |
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Mountain Bellwort (Uvularia puberula var. puberula)
Clay Co., NC
13 May 2006 |
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Mountain Bellwort (Uvularia puberula var. puberula)
Clay Co., NC
13 May 2006This taxon has also been treated as Uvularia pudica. |
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Mountain Bellwort (Uvularia puberula var. puberula)
Clay Co., NC
13 May 2006 |
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Bellwort (Uvularia sp.)
Durham Co., NC 1 May 2005 |
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Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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