Calflora Taxon Report
Disporum hookeri  (Torr.) G. Nicholson

(not an active name)
Drops of gold,   Fairy bells,   Hooker's fairy bell
Disporum hookeri is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Prosartes hookeri
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Disporum
Family: Liliaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Redwood Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest

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Alternate Names:
PLANTSProsartes hookeri var. hookeri
JEFProsartes hookeri
Information about Disporum hookeri from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.

USDA PLANTS Profile (PRHOH)

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