Sessile Bellwort
Uvularia sessilifolia
Also known as: Wild Oats
Smallest of the bellworts — delicate pale-yellow bells on arching stems. Stalkless (sessile) leaves don't pierce the stem (vs. perfoliate bellwort). Spreads steadily by rhizomes into colonies. Young shoots are a traditional asparagus substitute, and the root has been cooked or used in diet drinks.
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV