Uvularia
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{{Taxobox
| name = Bellwort
| image = Uvularia grandiflora1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Uvularia grandiflora]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Liliales]]
| familia = [[Uvulariaceae]]
| genus = '''''Uvularia'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =''[[Uvularia floridana|U. floridana]]''<br/>
''[[Uvularia grandiflora|U. grandiflora]]''<br/>
''[[Uvularia perfoliata|U. perfoliata]]''<br/>
''[[Uvularia puberula|U. puberula]]''<br/>
''[[Uvularia sessilifolia|U. sessilifolia]]''
}}
'''''Uvularia''''' is a [[genus]] of plants in the family [[Uvulariaceae]], sister to the [[lily]] family ([[Liliaceae]]). They are commonly called Bellworts, Bellfowers or Merrybells. This unusual flower is found in April and May, often on wooded slopes or in ravines and it spreads by [[stolons]]<ref>KAZUHIKO HAYASHI, SEIJI YOSHIDA, HIDETOSHI KATO, FREDERICK H. UTECH, DENNIS F. WHIGHAM, SHOICHI KAWANOI (1998)
Molecular Systematics of the Genus Uvularia and Selected Liliales Based upon mat K and rbc L Gene Sequence Data
Plant Species Biology 13 (2-3), 129–146.
doi:10.1111/j.1442-1984.1998.tb00254.x</ref><ref>Dennis Whigham, Anita Chapa (1999)
Timing and intensity of herbivory: Its influence on the performance of clonal woodland herbs
Plant Species Biology 14 (1), 29–37.
doi:10.1046/j.1442-1984.1999.00004.x</ref><ref>Hiroshi Kudoh, Hiroyuki Shibaike, Hideki Takasu, Dennis F. Whigham, Shoichi Kawano (1999)
Genet structure and determinants of clonal structure in a temperate deciduous woodland herb, Uvularia perfoliata
Journal of Ecology 87 (2), 244–257.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00355.x</ref> or stoloniferus rhizomes<ref>[Nutrient foraging in woodland herbs: a comparison of three species of Uvularia (Liliaceae) with contrasting belowground morphologies http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/6/1071?ck=nck]1
Dushyantha K. Wijesinghe2 and Dennis F. Whigham3
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, Maryland 21037 USA </ref>. The plants are usually 18 to 24 inches (45–60 cm) in height and bear one or two flowers which hang downward from the axils of the leaves.
== Species ==
There are five [[species]] of ''Uvularia'' and all are exclusively native to [[North America]]. They grow from northern [[Florida]] to [[Canada]] west to [[Minnesota]] and south to [[Texas]]. These unobtrusive [[woodland]] plants are great for the woodland and shade garden, they require little work and are happy just left alone but are also easy to work with if you must move them.
== Description ==
They have erect, simple or twice branched stems with leaves at the top of the stems that are [[Leaf shape|alternate]], or perfoliated. Flowers hang downward in Spring from the top of the plants. They form singularly or sometimes in pairs.
== References ==
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