Blooms: April-July
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to Oregon, east to Montana.
Habitat: Moist, shady, wooded areas, sea level to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to Oregon, east to Montana.
Habitat: Moist, shady, wooded areas, sea level to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Species Description:
General: Sparingly branched perennial herbs from rhizomes, the leafy stem up to 6 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves ovate, pointed, strongly cordate and oblique, strongly pubescent below and sparsely so above, the margins with forward-pointing hairs.
Flowers: Flowers 2-3, narrowly bell-shaped, creamy white, 9-18 mm. long; tepals 6, alike, distinct, narrowly elliptic; stamens 6, at least as long as the perianth, the anthers exposed; style hairy, stigma nearly entire.
Fruits: Fruit a red berry, broadly obovoid, 7-9 mm. long.
General: Sparingly branched perennial herbs from rhizomes, the leafy stem up to 6 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves ovate, pointed, strongly cordate and oblique, strongly pubescent below and sparsely so above, the margins with forward-pointing hairs.
Flowers: Flowers 2-3, narrowly bell-shaped, creamy white, 9-18 mm. long; tepals 6, alike, distinct, narrowly elliptic; stamens 6, at least as long as the perianth, the anthers exposed; style hairy, stigma nearly entire.
Fruits: Fruit a red berry, broadly obovoid, 7-9 mm. long.
Accepted Name:
Prosartes hookeri Torr.Synonyms:
Disporum hookeri (Torr.) G. Nicholson
Disporum hookeri (Torr.) Nichols. var. oreganum (S. Wats.) Q. Jones
Disporum hookeri (Torr.) G. Nicholson var. trachyandrum (Torr.) Q. Jones
Disporum oreganum (S. Wats.) W. Mill.
Disporum parvifolium (S. Watson) Britton
Disporum trachyandrum (Torr.) Britton
Prosartes hookeri Torr. var. oregana (S. Wats.) Kartesz
Prosartes oregana S. Wats.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Disporum hookeri var. oreganum
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Prosartes hookeri specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Prosartes hookeri specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Prosartes hookeri treatment.
E-Flora BC: Prosartes hookeri atlas page.
CalPhotos: Prosartes hookeri images.
USDA Plants Database: Prosartes hookeri.
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