[Fairy Bells & Lanterns: The Genus Prosartes in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Hooker's Fairybells, Hooker's Fairy Bells, Hooker's Fairy-bell, Oregon Fairybells

Prosartes hookeri

Synonyms: Disporum hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. oreganum, Disporum hookeri var. parviflorum, Disporum hookeri var. trachyandrum, Disporum oreganum, Disporum parvifolium, Disporum trachyandrum, Prosartes hookeri var. oregana

Hooker's Fairybells, Hooker's Fairy Bells, Hooker's Fairy-bell, Oregon Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonyms: Disporum hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. oreganum, Disporum hookeri var. parviflorum, Disporum hookeri var. trachyandrum, Disporum oreganum, Disporum parvifolium, Disporum trachyandrum, Prosartes hookeri var. oregana) - Hooker's Fairybells, Hooker's Fairy Bells, Hooker's Fairy-bell, Oregon Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonyms: Disporum hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. oreganum, Disporum hookeri var. parviflorum, Disporum hookeri var. trachyandrum, Disporum oreganum, Disporum parvifolium, Disporum trachyandrum, Prosartes hookeri var. oregana)

Hooker's fairy bells blooming in clear cuts at Monte Cristo Natural Area Preserve......June 21, 2022.

Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonym: Disporum hookeri)

The photo above shows Hooker's fairy bells ensnared by a peavine (Lathyrus sp.) at a large clearcut at approximately 2540' along forest Rd 82 on Mt. Adams............May 7, 2005.

Close-up of the flowers of Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonym: Disporum hookeri) - Flower of Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonym: Disporum hookeri)

Two close-up views of the flowers of Hooker's fairy bells along with a large bumble bee as seen at Island Cabin Campground on the southeastern flanks of Mt. Adams...........May 19, 2006. Note the tiny spreading hairs on the peduncles as well as at the base of the tepals. The similar fairy lanterns has tepals which hang straight down rather than flaring outwards at the tips.

An unusual variegated leaf pattern on Hooker's Fairybells, Hooker's Fairy Bells, Hooker's Fairy-bell, Oregon Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonyms: Disporum hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. oreganum, Disporum hookeri var. parviflorum, Disporum hookeri var. trachyandrum, Disporum oreganum, Disporum parvifolium, Disporum trachyandrum, Prosartes hookeri var. oregana) - Stem leaf of Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonym: Disporum hookeri)

The image at left shows a Hooker's fairy bells with an unusual variegated leaf pattern as seen along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 close to the junction with the Cedar Creek Trail #149A, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.....June 23, 2024. The photo at right shows a leaf of Hooker's fairy bells as seen at Island Cabin CG, Mt. Adams..........May 19, 2006. Note the wavy leaf margins typical of this species.

Hooker's Fairybells, Hooker's Fairy Bells, Hooker's Fairy-bell, Oregon Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonyms: Disporum hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. oreganum, Disporum hookeri var. parviflorum, Disporum hookeri var. trachyandrum, Disporum oreganum, Disporum parvifolium, Disporum trachyandrum, Prosartes hookeri var. oregana) - Hooker's Fairybells, Hooker's Fairy Bells, Hooker's Fairy-bell, Oregon Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri (Synonyms: Disporum hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. hookeri, Disporum hookeri var. oreganum, Disporum hookeri var. parviflorum, Disporum hookeri var. trachyandrum, Disporum oreganum, Disporum parvifolium, Disporum trachyandrum, Prosartes hookeri var. oregana)

Hooker's fairybells seen at left in old growth forest along the Loowit Trail #216 between upper Sheep Canyon and the South Fork Toutle River crossing, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument.........October 19, 2014. The photo at right shows an attractive variegated leaf form of Hooker's fairybells along the Penny Ridge Trail (access road) on Washington Department of Natural Resources Lands west of BZ Corner, WA.....June 10, 2021.

Paul Slichter