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

Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells

Prosartes smithii

Synonym: Disporum smithii

Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii)

Fairy lanterns from the webmaster's garden in Gresham, OR..........April 28, 2005.

Flowers of Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii) - Flowers of Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii) - Leaves of Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii)

Additional views of the flowers and leaves of fairy lanterns as seen in forest at the base of Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon...........May 21, 2009.

Fruit of Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii) - Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii)

Maturing fruits of fairy lanterns as seen at left along the trail just north of Indian Beach, Ecola State Park........September 10, 2017. The photo at right shows the maturing fruits of fairy lanterns in the webmaster's woodland garden in Gresham, OR......July 26, 2021.

Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii) - Fairy Lanterns, Smith's Fairy Bells, Largeflower Fairybells: Prosartes smithii (Synonym: Disporum smithii)

Fairy lanterns blooming along the trail at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Coos County, Oregon..........April 19, 2016.
Paul Slichter