Wild Oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)

Wild Oats or Sessile-Leaf Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)

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Wild Oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)

Wild Oats or Sessile-Leaf Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia) is a member of the Liliaceae or Lily family.  The plant also goes by many other lesser used names: Spreading Bellwort, Straw Lily, Merrybells and Sessile Bellwort. It is a smooth erect perennial from 4- to 12-inches tall with a forked stem.  The leaves are few, alternate, sessile (attached directly by its base without a stalk) and elliptic, from 1.6- to 2.8-inches in length.  One or two solitary flowers hang from the upper leaf axis.  The 6 tepals (sepals and petals of similar form and color) are overlapping, pale yellow and smooth, from 0.5- to 1-inch in length.  It flowers from March through May.

It is found in It can be found in deciduous and mixed evergreen deciduous forests or open woods throughout eastern and central North America.  It prefers moist, rich, acidic soils with high humus content and good drainage but can be adaptable to other soil types. The plant grows from slender elongated rhizomes and spreads by underground runners that takes root at points along its length to form new plants. The plant usually does not form large clumps.

Wild Oats or Sessile-Leaf Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)

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Wild Oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)

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Wild Oats or Sessile-Leaf Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia) is a member of the Liliaceae or Lily family. It flowers from March through May.

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Mark Summerfield

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