Prosartes smithii (Hook.) Utech, Shinwari & Kawano

Largeflower fairybells (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Prosartes

Characteristics

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.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 1-6
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses forage medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Love Medicine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Prosartes smithii leaf picture by Ethan Greer (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes smithii leaf picture by Ashley Radtke (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes smithii leaf picture by Jacob Hampton (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Prosartes smithii flower picture by Ethan Greer (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes smithii flower picture by Ukiah Hawkins (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes smithii flower picture by Jacob Hampton (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Prosartes smithii fruit picture by Nicole Nicole (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes smithii fruit picture by Inge King (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes smithii fruit picture by Ashley Radtke (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Prosartes smithii world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1027834-2
WFO ID wfo-0000723930
COL ID 77XHR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Prosartes menziesii Uvularia smithii Uvularia puberula Disporum menziesii Disporum smithii Oakesiella nitida Prosartes smithii