Prosartes hookeri
Prosartes hookeri is a North American species of flowering plants in the lily family known by the common names drops of gold and Hooker's fairy bells.[2][3]
| Prosartes hookeri | |
|---|---|
| John B. Yeon State Park, Oregon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Prosartes |
| Species: | P. hookeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosartes hookeri | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution edit
It is native to western North America from Alberta and British Columbia to California to Montana, where it usually grows in shady, damp areas, such as forest understory. Additional populations have been found in the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota as well as in the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan.[1][4] A typical west coast habitat is in forest floors of California oak woodlands, where common understory flora associates may include Coastal woodfern, Dryopteris arguta; Maidenhair fern, Adiantum jordanii and False Solomon's seal, Maianthemum racemosum.[5]
Description edit
It is an erect, few-branched perennial herb growing up to a meter tall from a rhizome. Its narrow, fuzzy stems bear wide, oval-shaped, pointed leaves up to 15 centimeters long and hairless to hairy, often with hairs along the edges and on the veins underneath.[6] The inflorescence at the tips of branches produce one to three drooping, hanging flowers which may be hidden in the cover of the large leaves. The flower is bell-shaped with six white to green veiny tepals and six protruding stamens with large anthers. The fruit is an orange to bright red berry just under a centimeter wide.[2][7]
References edit
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Prosartes hookeri
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Coastal Woodfern (Dryopteris arguta), GlobalTwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jepson Manual. 1993. Jepson Manual Treatment: Disporum hookeri
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley
External links edit
Media related to Prosartes hookeri at Wikimedia Commons
- Prosartes hookeri in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley