Fritillaria liliacea

Lindley

Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 20: under plate 1663. 1834.

Common names: Fragrant fritillary
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 169. Mentioned on page 166, 170.

Bulb scales: large 2–7; small 1–2. Stem 1–3.5 dm. Leaves 2–20, alternate, 3.5–12 cm; blade linear to ovate. Flowers nodding, odorless or faintly fragrant; tepals white, striped green, 1–1.6 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries obscure, purplish to greenish, narrowly linear, forming narrow band 1/2–2/3 tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. Capsules obtusely angled. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–Apr.
Habitat: Heavy soil, open hills and fields near coast
Elevation: 0–200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Fritillaria liliacea is sometimes confused with F. agrestis, which has flowers with an unpleasant odor. This species is in cultivation, and is considered rare and endangered in California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number."thicker" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."branched" is not a number.

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versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
not recurved +
Bryan Ness +
Lindley +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
linear +  and ovate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
obovate +  and ovate +
tunicate +  and scaly +
small +  and large +
Fragrant fritillary +
0–200 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
fragrant +  and odorless +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
thin-walled +, winged +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
rounded +  and 6-angled +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Heavy soil, open hills and fields near coast +
persistent +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
purplish +  and greenish +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
cupulate;campanulate +
Flowering Feb–Apr. +
Edwards’s Bot. Reg. +
small +  and large +
wind-distributed +
yellowish +  and brownish +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
adnate +  and free +
1 +  and several +
3-branched +  and unbranched +
3 +  and 1 +
Fritillaria liliacea +
Fritillaria +
species +
striped green;white +
distinct +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +