Common Name: LILY FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb from membranous bulb or scaly rhizome. Stem: underground or erect, branched or not. Leaf: basal or cauline, alternate, subopposite, or whorled. Inflorescence: raceme, panicle, +- umbel-like or not. Flower: perianth parts 6 in 2 generally petal-like whorls, often showy; stamens 3 or 6, filaments free or +- fused to perianth, anthers attached at base or near middle; ovary superior or +- so, style 1, entire or 3-lobed. Fruit: capsule or berry. Seed: 3--many, flat or angled, brown to black. Genera In Family: 16 genera, 635 species: northern temperate. Note: Users strongly encouraged to protect plants by working around need to see underground parts in using keys, e.g., by trying both leads in couplets solely dependent on such characters. Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill. an historical waif in California. Other TJM (1993) taxa moved to Agavaceae (Agave, Camassia, Chlorogalum, Hastingsia, Hesperocallis, Hesperoyucca, Leucocrinum, Yucca), Alliaceae (Allium, Ipheion, Nothoscordum), Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis, Narcissus, Pancratium), Asparagaceae (Asparagus), Asphodelaceae (Aloe, Asphodelus, Kniphofia), Melanthiaceae (Pseudotrillium, Stenanthium, Toxicoscordion, Trillium, Veratrum, Xerophyllum), Nartheciaceae (Narthecium), Ruscaceae (Maianthemum, Nolina), Smilacaceae (Smilax), Tecophilaeaceae (Odontostomum), Themidaceae (Androstephium, Bloomeria, Brodiaea, Dichelostemma, Muilla, Triteleia), and Tofieldiaceae (Triantha). North American species of Disporum now in Prosartes. eFlora Treatment Author: Dale W. McNeal, except as noted Scientific Editor: Dale W. McNeal, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Habit: Rhizome slender, creeping to +- erect. Stem: erect, branched, scaly below, leafy above, hairs 0 or generally sharp-branched, generally not glandular, some or all falling in age. Leaf: alternate, sessile to +- clasping, (ob)ovate to elliptic, acute to acuminate, base +- oblique, cordate to acute, main veins >=3, converging. Inflorescence: umbel-like, terminal; flowers 1--7, pendent. Flower: perianth parts 6, in 2 whorls, petal-like, free, white to +- green, bases green, generally convex; stamens 6, free, anthers generally < filaments, generally oblong, generally glabrous; ovary superior, chambers (1)3, style slender, stigma entire or 3-lobed. Fruit: berry, orange to red. Seed: white to pale yellow. Etymology: (Greek: to append, from pendulous ovules of type sp.) eFlora Treatment Author: Michael R. Mesler & Robin Bencie Reference: Mesler et al. 2010 Madroño 52:129--135
Prosartes hookeri Torr.
NATIVE Habit: Stem, leaf margin, pedicel hairy or not, nonglandular. Stem: 30--80 cm. Leaf: 3--15 cm; abaxially minute-scabrous, especially on veins, margin hairs many, short, sharp, ascending. Inflorescence: flowers 1--3. Flower: +- funnel-shaped, tube +- cylindric; perianth parts 8--18 mm, +- spreading at middle; filaments spreading, anthers generally exserted, glabrous or minute-sharp-bristly, +- wavy when open; ovary weakly 3-sided, style glabrous or +- hairy. Fruit: 7--12 mm, +- spheric, red; seeds generally > 3. Ecology: Montane conifer, mixed-evergreen forest, exposed roadsides; Elevation: < 1600 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaRH, SN, CW; Distribution Outside California: to western Canada, Montana. Flowering Time: Mar--Jun Synonyms: Disporum hookeri (Torr.) G. Nicholson; Disporum hookeri var. trachyandrum (Torr.) Q. Jones; Prosartes hookeri var. hookeri; Prosartes hookeri var. trachyandra (Torr.) Kartesz Jepson eFlora Author: Michael R. Mesler & Robin Bencie Reference: Mesler et al. 2010 Madroño 52:129--135 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Prosartes Next taxon: Prosartes parvifolia
Botanical illustration including Prosartes hookeri
Citation for this treatment: Michael R. Mesler & Robin Bencie 2012, Prosartes hookeri, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=39938, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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