Uvularia sessilifolia
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Uvularia sessilifolia |
| Common name: | sessile-leaf bellwort |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 4 - 13" |
| Foliage: | leaves alternate, not clasping the stem; hairless; leaves narrowly oval, gray-green below, pointed at both ends |
| Flower: | 1/2 - 1" long, narrow, nodding flower, solitary, cream to pale yellow |
| Flowering time: | blooms late April to June; fruits mid June to September |
| Habitat: | moist soil of woods and shaded edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | often grows in groups; Uvularia for human "uvula" which hands from the palate, referring to the way the flower hangs from the stalk. sessilifolia: with unstalked or sessile leaves.
Generally spread asexually, and most do not flower. Most flowering plants do not set seed. |