Fritillaria orientalis

Fritillaria orientalis is a Eurasian species of monocotyledon plant of the lily family.[2] It was described by Johann Friedrich Adam in 1805, based on specimens collected in Ossetia.[3]

Fritillaria orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Liliaceae
Genus:
Fritillaria
Species:
F. orientalis
Binomial name
Fritillaria orientalis
Adams
Synonyms[1]
  • Fritillaria racemosa Ker Gawl 1806, illegitimate homonym not Mill. 1768
  • Fritillaria tenella M.Bieb.

Fritillaria orientalis flourishes on grass and brush in limestone valleys. The plant flowers from April until May. The flowers are purple, borne singly, or in twos or threes.[3][4][5]

The species grows in France, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Austria, Moldova, Ukraine, southern Russia, Turkey, and the Caucasus.[6][7]

  • Flower detail

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Johann Friedrich Adams in F. Weber & D.M.H.Mohr. 1805. Beiträge zur Naturkunde 1: 50.
  4. Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1806. Botanical Magazine (London) 24: t. 952, as Fritillaria racemosa
  5. Marschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica exhibens stirpes phaenogamas, in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Charkouiae 1: 269, Fritillaria tenella
  6. Altervista Flora Italiana, Meleagride minore, Fritillaria orientalis Adam
  7. Malesh Mountain, Fritillaria orientalis photo, description, distribution information; Malesh Mountain is on the border of Bulgaria + North Macedonia
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