largeflower fairybells (Flowering Plants of Muir Woods)

largeflower fairybells

Prosartes smithii

Summary ⁴

Prosartes smithii, formerly Disporum smithii, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name largeflower fairybells. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in shady forest and woodland, including redwood forests. It is an erect, branching perennial herb growing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall. Its narrow, fuzzy stems bear wide, oval-shaped, pointed leaves up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long and mostly hairless. The inflorescence produces up...

Habitat ⁵

Moist shady forests, coastal mountains; 0--200m.

Description ⁶

Plants 3–10 dm, crisp-pubescent or glabrate. Stems freely branched. Leaves 4–15 × 2–5 cm; blade mostly ovate to oblong-lanceolate, rounded to obliquely subcordate basally, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial surface glabrate, margins glabrous or sparsely pubescent, hairs long, twisted, apex acute to abruptly acuminate. Flowers 2–5(–7); perianth cylindrical, truncate basally; tepals muddy to creamy white, oblong-lanceolate, flaring slightly at apex, 15–28 mm; stamens included, 10–23 mm, equal to or slightly shorter than style; filaments filiform or slightly dilated basally; anthers 4–5 mm; ovary ovoid to obovoid, becoming weakly 3-lobed after anthesis, glabrous, ovules 2–4 per locule, pendulous; style 10–23 mm, pubescent; stigma 3-lobed, lobes 0.5–1 mm. Berries yellowish orange to dark red, 3–6-seeded, ovoid to oblong, beaked with persistent style bases, 12–16 mm, smooth. Seeds 4 mm. 2n = 16.

Distribution ⁷

prosartes smithii is found in partial to full canopied forest including redwood forests, with biogeographical distribution ranging from British Columbia southward through Washington, Oregon and California.

Flowering/fruiting ⁸

Flowering late spring--early summer.

National nature serve conservation status ⁹

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Sources and Credits

(c) randomtruth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/58096907@N00/4410144916
(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/18024068@N00/4461961694
(c) Brent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/foliosus/3644776632/
Adapted by dlimandri from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosartes_smithii
(c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/21503115
(c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5019153
(c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/7125307
(c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/19895627
(c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14785045

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