The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Prosartes hookeri (Hooker's Fairybells)

Kingdom	:	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	:	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	:	Liliidae
Order	:	Liliales
Family	:	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	:	Prosartes D. Don
Species	:	Prosartes hookeri Torr. – drops-of-gold

A beautiful, delicate plant to 3' tall with an open form of few branches and thin leaves, both covered with soft hairs.

Creamy white flowers are bell-shaped and hang in pairs or triplets, followed by orange berries.

Found in moist, shady forest areas from southern BC to northwestern Oregon (USDA 7-9) often along with False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosa) and Wood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana).

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