Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prosartes lanuginosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
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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 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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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow/ Yellowish-green
(unspotted)
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Hunter, 2002) p122
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p032
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p131
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p139
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p340
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p270
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p026
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p369
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p357
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p413
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p008
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