EcoFlora - Fritillaria

Fritillaria
Family: Liliaceae Max Licher	FNA Resources Bryan Ness in Flora of North America (vol. 26) Herbs, perennial, bulbose; bulbs with 1-several large fleshy scales and 0-many small scales (often called rice-grain bulblets). Stem 1, erect, simple, absent in nonflowering individuals. Leaves alternate or whorled proximally in some species, sessile; blade linear to ± ovate; nonflowering individuals with single elliptical, ovate, or obovate 'bulb-leaf.' Inflorescences loosely racemose, bracteate; bracts leaflike. Flowers 1-many, usually nodding, 3-merous; perianth hypogynous, campanulate or cupulate; tepals 6, in 2 similar whorls, distinct, nectaries present on all tepals, but better developed on inner ones; stamens 6, included; anthers adnate to filaments near middle; ovary superior, ± sessile; style unbranched or 3-branched. Fruits capsular, 3-locular, 6-angled or -winged, thin-walled, ± rounded, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds many, in 2 rows per locule, yellowish to brownish, flat. x = 12, 13, often with chromosome fragments. A number of Fritillaria species are grown as ornamentals, although North American species can be difficult to grow and many have not been tried. Most require well-drained soil, full sun, and no summer watering. Native Americans used the bulbs of various species as food, typically roasted, sometimes dried for later use.
Species within checklist: Sage-Grouse Preferred Forbs, NV \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Fritillaria acmopetala Map not Available Fritillaria affinis Map not Available Fritillaria agrestis Map not Available Fritillaria amabilis Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria assyriaca Map not Available Fritillaria atropurpurea Map not Available Fritillaria aurea Map not Available Fritillaria biflora Map not Available Fritillaria brandegeei Map not Available Fritillaria bucharica Map not Available Fritillaria camschatcensis Map not Available Fritillaria caucasica Map not Available Fritillaria chlorantha Map not Available Fritillaria cirrhosa Map not Available Fritillaria coccinea Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria dagana Map not Available Fritillaria eastwoodiae Map not Available Fritillaria esculenta Map not Available Fritillaria eximia Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria falcata Map not Available Fritillaria gentneri Map not Available Fritillaria glauca Map not Available Fritillaria grayana Map not Available Fritillaria hutchinsonii Map not Available Fritillaria imperialis Map not Available Fritillaria involucrata Map not Available Fritillaria japonica Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria koidzumiana Map not Available Fritillaria lanceolata Map not Available Fritillaria latifolia Map not Available Fritillaria liliacea Map not Available Fritillaria lusitanica Map not Available Fritillaria macrocarpa Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria meleagris Map not Available Fritillaria messanensis Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria michailovskyi Map not Available Fritillaria micrantha Map not Available Fritillaria montana Map not Available Fritillaria multiflora Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria multiscapoidea Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria mutica Map not Available Fritillaria obliqua Map not Available Fritillaria ojaiensis Map not Available Fritillaria olivieri Map not Available Fritillaria oranensis Media not available Map not Available Fritillaria orientalis Map not Available Fritillaria pallidiflora Map not Available Fritillaria parviflora Map not Available Fritillaria persica Map not Available Fritillaria phaeanthera Map not Available