Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Prosartes lanuginosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Prosartes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prosartes lanuginosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-08-001:
Disporum lanuginosum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dila5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200321_3287
March Polk County NC
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120426_702
April Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm130420_478
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm130420_484
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm150423_496
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180414_294
April Polk County NC
Upper leaf surface glabrous (midrib & main veins sparsely pubescent), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7869
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_p_lanuginosa_0854
April Polk County NC
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Keith Bradley kab_p_lanuginosa_0858
April Polk County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_lanuginosa_yel
April
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JK Marlow jkm120506_465
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120517_806
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Lower leaf surface sparsely pubescent (midrib densely pubescent), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm120830_224
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Fruits are smooth, reddish, elliptic-shaped berries, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Prosartes lanuginosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prosartes lanuginosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-08-001:
Disporum lanuginosum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
481
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (primarily in the Appalachians)
Look for it in deciduous forests, esp coves, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow/ Yellowish-green
(unspotted)
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red/Orange
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p122
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p032
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p131
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p340
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p097
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p270
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p026
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p357
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p413
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p008