OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prosartes lanuginosa   FAMILY Liliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prosartes lanuginosa   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Prosartes lanuginosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Prosartes lanuginosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-08-001:

Disporum lanuginosum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Disporum lanuginosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells


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image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_dila5_001_lvd

        

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm200321_3287

March    Polk County    NC

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4857

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Flowers terminate the branches opposite the last leaf. Perianth unspotted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm0404m_27

April    Polk County    NC

1-3 flowers hang from the tips of branches, often obsured by the leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm090405_023

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Leaves relatively many and small, the leaf pubescence weak & soft to the touch, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm120421_169

April    Hendersonvlle County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

The many-branched stem overall looks dissimilar to other plants in SC, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm120426_702

April    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm130420_478

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm130420_484

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm150423_496

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm180414_294

April    Polk County    NC

Upper leaf surface glabrous (midrib & main veins sparsely pubescent), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7869

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

Keith Bradley    kab_p_lanuginosa_0854

April    Polk County    NC

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

Keith Bradley    kab_p_lanuginosa_0858

April    Polk County    NC

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_lanuginosa_yel

April        

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm120506_465

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm120517_806

May    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Lower leaf surface sparsely pubescent (midrib densely pubescent), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm120830_224

August    Henderson County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

Fruits are smooth, reddish, elliptic-shaped berries, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Prosartes lanuginosa, Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells

JK Marlow    jkm140913_762

September    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Seeds smooth, light yellow, ellipsoid to oblong, 5-6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prosartes lanuginosa   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prosartes lanuginosa   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prosartes lanuginosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Prosartes lanuginosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-08-001:
Disporum lanuginosum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Disporum lanuginosum

 

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481

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Deciduous forests, especially coves, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow/ Yellowish-green (unspotted)
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red/Orange
Berry

 

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