Prosartes lanuginosa
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| Yellow Mandarin | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Prosartes |
| Species: | P. lanuginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosartes lanuginosa (Michx.) D. Don | |
Prosartes lanuginosa (formerly Disporum lanuginosum) is a member of the lily family with the common name Yellow Mandarin or Fairybells.
It is a native plant (forb) of the Great Smoky Mountains and occurs in many other parts of the Appalachian region from New York to Alabama. Some populations occur outside Appalachia, as in Arkansas and southwestern Ontario.
References
- efloras
- USDA
- Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 413, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5
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