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|accepted_name=Uvularia perfoliata
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 304. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Perfoliate bellwort
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Uvularia caroliniana
|authority=(J. F. Gmelin) Wilbur
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Uvularia;Uvularia perfoliata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Uvularia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Uvularia perfoliata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 148
|treatment_page=page 150
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>short, ca. 1 cm, bearing numerous, clustered, fleshy roots and 1–2 slender, elongate, white stolons to 1.5 dm. <b>Stems</b> 1–several, simple or 1-branched, rounded, 1.5–5 dm, glaucous, bearing (2–)3–4 leaves below lowest branch. <b>Leaf</b> blades perfoliate, ovate to ovate-oblong, 4–20(–12.5) × 1.5–4(–6) cm, glaucous and smooth abaxially, margins smooth, apex acute to short-acuminate. <b>Flowers</b> 1 per stem; peduncles 1–2 cm, bearing 1 perfoliate bract; tepals straw-yellow, (15–)20–35 × 3–5 mm, orange-papillose adaxially, apex acute; stamens 10–15 mm; anthers 6–10 mm; connectives 1 mm; ovary sessile, obovoid; style 8–10 mm; stigma lobes 3–5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> obovoid-truncate, 3-lobed, 0.7–1.3 × 1–1.6 cm, 2 attenuate beaks per lobe. <b>Seeds</b> 2.5–4.5 mm; arils membranaceous. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Deciduous woods and upland thickets, acid to neutral soils
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Detailed life-history studies of <i>Uvularia perfoliata</i> (D. F. Whigham 1974; D. K. Wijesinghe and D. F. Whigham 1997, 2001; H. Kudoh et al. 1999) have established the genetic basis of its clonal structure.</p><!--
--><p><i>Uvularia</i> pudica Fernald is an illegitate name that pertains here.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Uvularia perfoliata
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Uvularia caroliniana
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Deciduous woods and upland thickets, acid to neutral soils
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_240.xml
|genus=Uvularia
|species=Uvularia perfoliata
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