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Uvularia sessilifolia - Sessile-leaf Bellwort
Uvularia sessilifolia - Sessile-leaf Bellwort
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Sizes available: 1 quart
Basics: zones 3-8, 4-10" x 15", part to full shade, pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers in mid spring, likes rich, moist woodland soils and will go summer dormant if too dry.
Common names: Sessile-leaf Bellwort, Little Merrybells, Sessile Bellwort, Wild Oats, Straw Lily, Spreading Bellwort
Family: Colchicaceae
Origin/Distribution: New Brunswick to Minnesota and the Dakotas, south to the northernmost parts of Florida and Oklahoma. This plant is native to Maine.
Habitat: moist woods and thickets
More: This is a delicate, early blooming and slightly spreading little woodlander. I think it would look great growing amongst Carex rosea or Carex appalachia, and maybe even Luzula acuminiata. Has been used medicinally. The leaves can be eaten as a cooked green, although one would need quite a large patch to make this feasible.
Source: Van Berkum
Image credits: Image by peganum via Creative Commons through the North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
