Fritillaria atropurpurea |
Fritillaria gentneri |
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spotted fritillary |
Gentner's fritillary |
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Stem(s) | 10–60 cm. |
10–70 cm. |
Leaves | in whorls of 2–3 leaves per node, 4–13 cm long; blades linear to lanceolate. |
in 1–3 whorls of 3–5 leaves per node or alternate, 5–15 cm long; blades broadly linear to oblanceolate. |
Flowers | widely spreading; perianth oblong to more or less squareshaped, 1–2(2.5)cm long; segments brownish purple with yellow or rarely white mottling; apex not recurved; nectaries obscure, covering most of perianth segments; style branched for more than 50% its length. |
perianth segments oblong to oblanceolate, 3–4 cm long, red to purple with yellow mottling; apex weakly recurved or not; nectaries linear, approximately 50% perianth segment length; style branched for 33–50% its length. |
Fruits | capsules angled. |
capsules winged. |
2n | =36. |
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Fritillaria atropurpurea |
Fritillaria gentneri |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Dry or grassy slopes, often under trees or bushes. Flowering May–Jul. 100–2500m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV; east to ND and NB, southeast to NM. Native. |
Dry woodlands. Flowering Apr–May. 100–1600 m. Sisk. Native. In addition to morphological traits, DNA evidence implies that F. gentneri is a hybrid between F. affinis and F. recurva (Meyers 2006). Whether this proposed hybridization event was recent or older warrants more study. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 301 Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 301 Stephen Meyers |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Fritillaria adamantina | |
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