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Colchicaceae
Large-flowered Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
Quiet hope and spring's first hush.
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Uvularia
- Native to
- eastern North America
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- rhizomatous perennial
- Height
- 30–60 cm
- Sunlight
- part to full shade
- Soil
- moist, humus-rich woodland
- Water
- medium
- Hardiness
- 3–9
- Lifespan
- long-lived perennial
Did you know
- The drooping yellow flowers seem reluctant to fully open — botanists call them 'cleistogamous-leaning'.
- Stems pierce the leaves in a way that makes them look stitched on, a feature called 'perfoliate'.
- The genus name 'Uvularia' refers to the uvula in the throat — the flower hangs in a similar way.
- Iroquois traditional medicine used the root as a poultice for snakebites and broken bones.
- It spreads slowly through rhizomes, often forming pretty colonies in undisturbed beech-maple forests.
Color meanings
Yellow
modest joy and woodland light