Prosartes trachycarpa S.Watson

Roughfruit fairybells (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae > Prosartes

Characteristics

Plants 3–8 dm, crisp-pubescent, glabrate or glabrous with age. Stems sparingly branched. Leaves 4–12 × 2–5 cm; blade ovate to oblong-lanceolate, subcordate to oblique basally, abaxial surface and margins moderately pubescent, hairs scattered, flattened, apex acute to short-acuminate, with 7–9 prominent veins. Flowers 1–2(–3); perianth narrowly campanulate; tepals creamy to greenish white, narrowly oblanceolate, 8–15 mm; stamens mostly exserted; filaments filiform, 10–15 mm; anthers 3–4(–5) mm; ovary broadly ovoid to obovoid, becoming 3-lobed and obpyriform after anthesis, finely papillose, ovules 2–6 per locule, horizontal; style 0.9–1.2 cm, glabrous or pubescent; stigma unlobed or 3-lobed. Berries reddish orange to bright red, 6–12(–18)-seeded, depressed-globose, 12–18 mm, strongly papillose. Seeds 4–5 mm. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 1-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Eye Medicine (bark), Unspecified (fruit), Dermatological Aid (leaf), Hemostat (leaf), Eye Medicine (seed)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Prosartes trachycarpa leaf picture by Savannah (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes trachycarpa leaf picture by overzealousbystrom (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes trachycarpa leaf picture by Mackenzie Laurin (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Prosartes trachycarpa fruit picture by Mackenzie Laurin (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes trachycarpa fruit picture by Mackenzie Laurin (cc-by-sa)
Prosartes trachycarpa fruit picture by Sandra Trohak (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Prosartes trachycarpa world distribution map, present in Canada, Colombia, Micronesia (Federated States of), and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:308681-2
WFO ID wfo-0000716787
COL ID 4MV6C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lethea trachycarpa Prosartes trachycarpa Disporum canadense Disporum majus Disporum trachycarpum Uvularia lanuginosa var. major Disporum trachycarpum var. subglabrum