Uvularia sessilifolia

Classification	Monocots
Family	Colchicaceae
Family (Traditional)	Liliaceae
Genus	Uvularia
Species:	Uvularia sessilifolia L.
Common Name	Sessileleaf Bellwort
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 6; Pistil Number: 1; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Oakesia sessilifolia	Oakesia sessilifolia S.Watson

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Christian (KY), Graves (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jackson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), McCreary (KY), Marshall (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Ohio (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Wolfe (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Bradley (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1950 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100169273	Rowan	Kentucky	29 May 1981	Richard H. Hannan 6680	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100169216	Caldwell	Kentucky	07 May 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne 72C8.3	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100169257	Muhlenberg	Kentucky	07 Aug 1980	Richard H. Hannan 4957	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100782539	Calloway	Kentucky			EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003122	Calloway	Kentucky	26 Jun 2001	Ralph L. Thompson 01-229	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003123	Laurel	Kentucky	27 Apr 2000	Ralph L. Thompson, Edward W. J. FitzGerald, Jr. 00-71	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006465	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006460	Caldwell	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065573	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065752	Caldwell	Kentucky			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065753	Calloway	Kentucky			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065581	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065603	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065592	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065600	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100169224	Caldwell	Kentucky	30 May 1969	Elizabeth M. Browne 69E16.14	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003128	Trigg	Kentucky	09 Apr 2004	Ralph L. Thompson, Derick B. Poindexter Apr-96	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003125	McCreary	Kentucky	02 May 1989	Julian Campbell s.n.	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006462	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006464	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006467	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006459	Caldwell	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065601	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065578	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0174642	Macon	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065588	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065577	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065570	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065572	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065569	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100169232	Grayson	Kentucky	16 Apr 1980	Richard H. Hannan 3379	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003121	Calloway	Kentucky	22 Jun 1999	Ralph L. Thompson 99-270	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	23 Apr 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
31973000020219	Campbell	Kentucky	18 Apr 1994	Naczi, Robert 3732	KNK Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0242216	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065751	Caldwell	Kentucky			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065582	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065584	Henry	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065568	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065566	Chester	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065594	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065567	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065754	Hardin	Kentucky			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005615	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005613	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100169281	Trigg	Kentucky	27 Apr 1963	Elizabeth M. Browne 6807	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
N/A	Calloway	Kentucky	08 May 1973	Elizabeth M. Browne 73B6.2	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003120	Calloway	Kentucky	25 Apr 1999	Ralph L. Thompson 99-67	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006463	McCreary	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065591	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065579	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065585	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065587	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065583	Henry	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065565	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005610	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005616	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005612	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025870	Montgomery	Tennessee	25 Jun 1950	Alfred Clebsch	APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0102481	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065606	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065607	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065580	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065563	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065596	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065608	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065593	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065604	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065755	Trigg	Kentucky			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065599	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065602	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
006110	Van Buren	Tennessee			BOON Uvularia sessilifolia
006082	Carter	Tennessee			BOON Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0100377	Lewis	Kentucky			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0100121	Hopkins	Kentucky			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100169265	Ohio	Kentucky	18 Jul 1980	Richard H. Hannan 4622	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100169240	Jackson	Kentucky	02 May 1978	Judy Wehner 48	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003127	Trigg	Kentucky	17 Jun 2003	Ralph L. Thompson, Derick B. Poindexter 3-329	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003124	Laurel	Kentucky	06 Jul 2002	Ralph L. Thompson? and Edward W.J. FitzGerald, Jr. 02-267	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
N/A	Johnson	Tennessee	16 Apr 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065571	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065589	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065574	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005603	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005614	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0051639	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0072061	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU006724	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU006727	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU014129		Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
31234100854619	Wolfe	Kentucky	30 Jul 1988	R.C. Clark 21629	EKY Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU006494	Unicoi	Tennessee	06 May 2009	Tim McDowell	ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
31973000020218	Campbell	Kentucky	06 Apr 1998	Naczi, Robert 7075	KNK Uvularia sessilifolia
MDKY00006461	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065575	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065590	Loudon	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065564	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065610	White	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005611	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005602	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005617	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025869	Hardin	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025863	Giles	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU006723	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002597	Cumberland	Tennessee	05 May 1997	Jim Powers	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
BEREA003126	McCreary	Kentucky	29 May 1989	Julian Campbell s.n.	BEREA Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0240922	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065598	Perry	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065595	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065609	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065597	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065777	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065576	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065586	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005601	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005608	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0056809	Humphreys	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU014130	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002603	Coffee	Tennessee	20 Apr 1980	Tracy Edwards 47	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002596	Franklin	Tennessee	25 Apr 1994	Leonard King 97	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
TENN-V-0065605	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0100069	Hardin	Kentucky			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0111533	Bledsoe	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU006728	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU006725	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU014131		Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002551	Franklin	Tennessee	18 Apr 1992	David Struble 40	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT038039	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT038037	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UOS06580	Franklin	Tennessee	21 Apr 1973	Bruce W. Hackemann	UOS Uvularia sessilifolia
UOS06579	Grundy	Tennessee	05 May 1960	Paul Goddard	UOS Uvularia sessilifolia
UOS06582	Van Buren	Tennessee	17 May 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Uvularia sessilifolia
UOS06583	Franklin	Tennessee	01 May 1959	Robert B. McManis	UOS Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004970	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU025453	Johnson	Tennessee	04 May 2013	Adam McCullough, Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker DOEM 0078	ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025861	Hardin	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU006726	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002601	Lewis	Tennessee	18 Apr 1987	Fran Shepherd 36	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002599	Franklin	Tennessee	23 Apr 1982	Keith Goff 36	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT040237	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UOS06577	Franklin	Tennessee	18 Mar 1951	Jean A. Yeatman	UOS Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004964	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU025488	Johnson	Tennessee	15 May 2013	Adam McCullough DOEM 0113	ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MEM015770	Shelby	Tennessee	19 Apr 1980	Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr. 80C9.1	MEM Uvularia sessilifolia
UTM00176	Hickman	Tennessee			UTM Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004971	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004951	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT038034	Bledsoe	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT038038	Perry	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT038035	Fentress	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT038036	Humphreys	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025866	Montgomery	Tennessee	09 Apr 1974		APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002600	Coffee	Tennessee	18 Apr 1985	Lyle Mason 32	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002598	Coffee	Tennessee	12 Apr 1990	David Lee 37	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002606	Marion	Tennessee	16 Apr 2005	Olivia Throneberry 12	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT040410	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	17 Apr 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
UCHT005609	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025859	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025865	Christian	Kentucky	19 Apr 1993	Sallie Noel	APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025860	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0025867	Montgomery	Tennessee	24 Jun 1950	Alfred Clebsch	APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
APSC0111534	Bledsoe	Tennessee			APSC Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002604	Cumberland	Tennessee	12 Apr 1981	Tim Francis 24	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002602	Coffee	Tennessee	13 Apr 1982	Gina Bishop 13	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004973	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002573	Clay	Tennessee	27 Apr 2003	Lindsay Battle 54	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004969	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU030417	White	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU006729	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
HTTU021733	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Uvularia sessilifolia
MTSU002588	Grundy	Tennessee	03 Apr 2007	Steve Willard 40	MTSU Uvularia sessilifolia
UOS06578	Grundy	Tennessee	01 May 1972	William Drake	UOS Uvularia sessilifolia
UOS06581	Marion	Tennessee	11 Apr 1976	Nancy Longnecker	UOS Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004966	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004968	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004972	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU004956	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
ETSU025925	Hawkins	Tennessee	17 Apr 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19088	ETSU Uvularia sessilifolia
MEM018055	Hardin	Kentucky	13 May 1979	R. Cranfill 4061	MEM Uvularia sessilifolia
MEM009021	Marshall	Kentucky	18 Apr 1974	Raymond Athey 2645	MEM Uvularia sessilifolia
MEM005085	Graves	Kentucky	10 Apr 1968	Raymond Athey 82	MEM Uvularia sessilifolia

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