Fritillaria agrestis

Greene

Erythea 3: 67. 1895.

Common names: Stinkbells
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Fritillaria biflora var. agrestis Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Mentioned on page 167.

Bulb scales: large 2–9; small 0–2. Stem 3–6 dm. Leaves 5–12, alternate, crowded near proximal center of stem, 5–15 cm; blade linear to lanceolate-oblong. Flowers nodding, odor definitely unpleasant; tepals greenish to purplish brown adaxially, white or yellow abaxially, ovate, 1.8–3.5 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries prominent, green, narrowly linear, forming narrow band 2/3 to equaling tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. Capsules angled. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Depressions with clay or other heavy soils
Elevation: 0–500 m

Discussion

This species is uncommon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Fritillaria agrestis"
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
not recurved +
Bryan Ness +
Greene +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
linear +  and lanceolate-oblong +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
obovate +  and ovate +
tunicate +  and scaly +
small +  and large +
Stinkbells +
0–500 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
unpleasant +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
thin-walled +, winged +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
rounded +  and 6-angled +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Depressions with clay or other heavy soils +
crowded +  and alternate +
persistent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
cupulate;campanulate +
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
small +  and large +
wind-distributed +
yellowish +  and brownish +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
3-branched +  and unbranched +
3 +  and 1 +
Fritillaria biflora var. agrestis +
Fritillaria agrestis +
Fritillaria +
species +
greenish;purplish brown adaxially +
distinct +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +