Prosartes maculata

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Spotted Mandarin
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Prosartes
Species: P. maculata
Binomial name
Prosartes maculata
Buckley

Prosartes maculata (formerly Disporum maculatum) is a member of the lily family with the common name Spotted Mandarin or Nodding Mandarin.[1][2] It is a perennial plant which flowers in the spring.

It is a native plant of the Great Smoky Mountains and occurs in other parts of the Appalachian region.

References

  1. efloras
  2. 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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