Liliaceae

Yellow fairybells

Prosartes lanuginosa (Michx.) D.Don

Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Prosartes

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Yellow fairybells: Prosartes lanuginosa 20100415.12 Great Smoky Mountains, NC — Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Yellow fairybells
Persian: زنگولهپری زرد
Swedish: Gul felilja, Ludet hundbär

Synonyms

Disporum lanuginosum (Michx.) G.Nicholson
Streptopus lanuginosus Michx.
Uvularia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.