Uvularia grandiflora
Exot. Bot. 1: 99, plate 51. 1804.
Rhizomes short, ca. 1 cm, bearing clustered, fleshy roots; stolons absent. Stems 1–several, 1-branched, rounded, 2–7.5 dm, glabrous, typically bearing 1 leaf below lowest branch. Leaf blades perfoliate, elliptic to ovate-oblong, 6–13.5 × 2–6.5 cm, white-pubescent (rarely glabrous) on abaxial veins, margins smooth, apex acute. Flowers 1–3(–4) per stem; peduncles 1–2.5 cm, bearing 1 perfoliate bract; tepals golden yellow, 25–50 × 3–10 mm, smooth adaxially, apex acuminate; stamens 10–25 mm; anthers (8–)12–15(–20) mm; connectives 0.3–0.7 mm; ovary sessile, obovoid; style 8–12 mm; stigma lobes 2–5 mm. Capsules obovoid to obpyramidal, 3-lobed, 1–1.5 × 1–2 cm, 2 truncate beaks per lobe, lobes rounded. Seeds 2.5–4.5 mm; arils membranous. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Rich moist woods, calcareous to neutral soils
Elevation: 0–1100 m
Distribution
Man., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
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