Bellwort - Uvularia grandiflora
Above: Bellwort in Madison, Wisconsin on April 28, 2020.
Large-flowered Bellwort - Uvularia grandiflora (Spring Ephemeral)
Bellwort is one of the first native woodland wildflowers to emerge in spring.
Other names: Bellwort, Merrybells.
Uvularia: Latin for small conical body in the center of the human palate (little tongue).
Above: Bellwort in Madison, Wisconsin on April 28, 2020.
For more information on Bellwort, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin Master Gardener website page on Bellwort.
Or, for information on Bellwort visit the: Wisconsin State Herbarium.
Large-flowered Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
Above: Bellwort in the Maple-Basswood Forest of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin (4/30/20)
Above: Bellwort in Madison, Wisconsin (5/05/19)
Above: Bellwort in the Maple-Basswood Forest of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin. (5/04/20)
Above: 1913 illustration of Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora).
Above: 1808 botanical illustration of Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) by Sydenham Edwards.
