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Prosartes trachycarpa

wartberry fairy-bells
Habit Sparingly branched perennial herbs from rhizomes, the leafy stem 3-6 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, pointed, sub-cordate or rounded, somewhat pubescent below and glabrous above, the margins with spreading hairs.
Flowers

Flowers 1-2 on stout, pubescent pedicels, narrowly bell-shaped, creamy white, 8-15 mm. long;

tepals 6, alike, distinct, narrowly lanceolate, spreading from near the base;

stamens 6, longer than the perianth, stigma shallowly lobed.
Fruits

Fruit a red berry, depressed-globose, 7-10 mm. long.

Prosartes trachycarpa
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Wooded slopes, often near streams, and in aspen groves.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of the U.S. and Canada, reaching Ontario and Michigan.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. hookeri, P. smithii
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