Fritillaria agrestis

Fritillaria agrestis is a species of fritillary known by the common name stinkbells. It is endemic to California, where it is found in scattered populations from Mendocino County and Butte County to Ventura County.[2] It grows in heavy soils, particularly clay. It is not common.[3]

Stinkbells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species:
F. agrestis
Binomial name
Fritillaria agrestis
Synonyms[1]

Fritillaria biflora var. agrestis Greene

Description

Fritillaria agrestis grows an erect stem reaching about half a meter in height with a clump of 5 to 12 long, narrow leaves clustered around its base. The nodding flower is a cup of six tepals, each one to three centimeters long and sometimes curved at the tips. They are white with greenish to pinkish markings on the outer surface and purple-brown on the inner surface. The nectaries inside the flower are long and prominent. The flower has an unpleasant odor.[4][5][6]

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. Biota of North America Program
  3. Calflora taxon report Fritillaria agrestis E. Greene stinkbells
  4. Flora of North America v 26 p 187, Fritillaria agrestis
  5. Greene, Edward Lee. 1895. Erythea 3(4): 67–68.
  6. Greene, Edward Lee. 1894. Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay 311, as Fritillaria biflora var. agrestis.


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