Prosartes maculata explained

Prosartes maculata is a North American species of plants in the lily family with the common names yellow mandarin, spotted mandarin, or nodding mandarin.^{[1] [2]} It is a perennial plant that flowers in the spring.^{[3] [4] [5]}

It is a native plant of the Great Smoky Mountains and occurs in other parts of the Appalachian region from northern Georgia and northeastern Alabama to southern West Virginia and southern Ohio. There are old reports of isolated populations from near Detroit, Michigan, but these appear now to have been lost to urban development.^[6]

Prosartes maculata is a herb that grows up to 80 cm tall. Its flowers are bell-shaped, nodding (hanging downward), cream-colored with purple spots.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101868 Flora of North America, Prosartes maculata
2. Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 413,,
3. http://www.botanicus.org/page/1272743 Buckley, Samuel Botsford. 1843. American Journal of Science, and Arts 45(1): 170–171, as Streptopus maculatus
4. http://www.botanicus.org/page/1279304 Gray, Asa. 1844. American Journal of Science, and Arts 47(1): 201, Prosartes maculata
5. http://www.botanicus.org/page/661533 Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1888. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 15(7): 188, as Disporum maculatum
6. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Prosartes%20maculata.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map