Fritillaria verticillata

Fritillaria verticillata is an Asian plant in the lily family, native to Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and the Altay region of Siberia.[1][2]

Fritillaria verticillata
Fritillaria verticillata
Scientific classification
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F. verticillata
Binomial name
Fritillaria verticillata
Synonyms[1]

Fritillaria verticillata can grow to 60 cm (23.5 in) tall, usually with one flower at the top, but sometimes as many as 5. Leaves are mostly in whorls, with 4-7 leaves per node, each up to 10 cm long but rarely more than 10 mm across. Flowers are nodding, bell-shaped, white or pale yellow, sometimes with purple spots.[2][3][4][5]

It formerly included the Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii - now called Fritillaria thunbergii.[1]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Fritillaria verticillata
  2. "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 384. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
  3. Flora of China 黄花贝母 huang hua bei mu Fritillaria verticillata
  4. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1799. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 2(1): 91
  5. Y.K.Yang , S.X.Zhang & G.J.Liu. 1987. Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research. Wuhan, Hubei 5(2): 128, as Fritillaria borealixingjiangensis


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