Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

bellwort, merrybells

Synonym(s):

Uvularia floridana, Uvularia perfoliata, Uvularia sessilifolia

Genus species:

Uvularia spp.

Family:

Colchicaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

To 2 ft tall by To 2 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Winter dormant, early spring ephemeral.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Retain if present in the landscape. Makes a nice spring wildflower in a wooded setting. Can be allowed to naturalize.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Seed and root division.

Light:

Part Sun, Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

Ecology

Wildlife:

NULL

Native Habitats:

Slope forest, bluffs, river swamps. Rare.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

All bellworts that occur in Florida are rare. Please do not transplant from the wild unless there is imminent danger of site destruction (permits may be required).