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
NATIVE Habit: Stem, leaf margin, pedicel hairy or not, nonglandular. Stem: 30--100 cm. Leaf: 5--12 cm; abaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy, margin hairs 0 or long, spreading, generally falling in age. Inflorescence: flowers 1--7. Flower: +- cylindric; perianth parts 15--28 mm, spreading at tip; filaments +- erect, anthers included, surrounding upper part of style; ovary 3-sided, style hairy. Fruit: 10--15 mm, obovoid, orange; seeds generally > 3. Ecology: Moist, shady coastal, montane forest; Elevation: < 1575 m. Bioregional Distribution: w NW, SnFrB; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia. Flowering Time: Mar--Jun Synonyms: Disporum smithii (Hook.) Piper 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 parvifolia Next taxon: Scoliopus
Botanical illustration including Prosartes smithii
Citation for this treatment: Michael R. Mesler & Robin Bencie 2012, Prosartes smithii, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80335, accessed on January 22, 2025.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2025, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on January 22, 2025.
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