FNPS Plant Database

Uvularia spp.

bellwort, merrybells
  • 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:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.

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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

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).
FNPS Plant Print

Citations:

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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