Liliaceae

Largeflower fairybells

Prosartes smithii (Hook.) Utech, Shinwari & Kawano

Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Prosartes

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Largeflower fairybells (Prosartes smithii) — FlowerPhoto: Laura J. Costello, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Largeflower fairybells
Persian: زنگولهپری گلبزرگ
Swedish: Storblommig felilja, Rött hundbär, Storblommig älvklocka

Synonyms

Disporum menziesii (D.Don) G.Nicholson
Disporum smithii (Hook.) Piper
Oakesiella nitida Mack.
Prosartes menziesii D.Don
Uvularia puberula Sm.
Uvularia smithii Hook.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 578 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Laura J. Costello, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ben Sims, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cameron Christopher Dunn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Peter coxhead, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris R., CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Peter coxhead, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franco Folini, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.