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Prosartes lanuginosa
Also called Hairy Mandarin, Yellow Mandarin, Fairybells, Nodding Mandarin
Yellow fairybells is a native woodland perennial from the Appalachians and southwestern Ontario that grows from rhizomes and bears small yellow nodding flowers. It is best grown in shade with moist, humus-rich soil.
Prosartes lanuginosa is a North American plant species in the lily family with the common names yellow mandarin or yellow fairybells.
Prosartes lanuginosa is native to the Great Smoky Mountains and occurs in many other parts of the Appalachian region from New York to Alabama. Isolated populations occur outside Appalachia, as in the Ozarks of northern Arkansas and in southwestern Ontario.
Drops-of-gold · Yellow mandarin · Siskiyou Bells · Largeflower fairybells · Roughfruit fairybells · Fairybells
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prosartes lanuginosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
