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|familia=Convallariaceae
|familia=Convallariaceae
|genus=Uvularia
|genus=Uvularia
|species=sessilifolia
|species=sessilifolia
|common_name=Little merrybells, Sessile bellwort, Straw lilies, Wild oats
|common_name=Little merrybells, Sessile bellwort, Straw lilies, Wild oats
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|max_zone=9
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|image_width=240
|image_width=200
}}
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'''Sessile bellwort''' or '''wild oats''' (''Uvularia sessilifolia'') is a species of [[bellwort]] native to Eastern [[North America]]. It grows in woodlands with wet or dry soils.
The strap-like leaves are [[Sessility (botany)|sessile]] on the stem. The flowers are yellow, narrowly bell-shaped, and creamy yellow, blooming in spring.
The leaves have no hairs on the margin and are somewhat narrow, distinguishing this plant from the similar ''[[Streptopus]]''. They spread asexually by means of long under ground stolons with most plants in a clonal colony not flowering<ref>{{citation | author = KAZUHIKO HAYASHI, SEIJI YOSHIDA, HIDETOSHI KATO, FREDERICK H. UTECH, DENNIS F. WHIGHAM, SHOICHI KAWANOI | year = 1998 | title = Molecular Systematics of the Genus Uvularia and Selected Liliales Based upon mat K and rbc L Gene Sequence Data | journal = Plant Species Biology | volume = 13 | issue = 2-3 | pages = 129–146 | doi = 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1998.tb00254.x }}</ref>. Flowering plants often do not set seed, but when plants form seeds they are in three angled fruits.
The native range extends from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] west to [[The Dakotas]], south to [[Florida]], and north to [[Manitoba]] and [[Quebec]].<ref>http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=UVSE</ref>
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