Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria pudica |
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Siskiyou fritillary |
yellow bells, yellow fritillary |
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Stems | 5–20 cm. |
5–25 cm. |
Leaves | 1–4(6), alternate, 3–11 cm long; blades lance-ovate, sickleshaped, strongly glaucous. |
2–8, subopposite or alternate, 3–15(18)cm long; blades linear to lanceolate. |
Flowers | cupshaped; perianth segments oblanceolate to oblong, 1.5–2(2.5) cm long, yellow with purple mottling to purple with yellow mottling; apex not recurved; nectaries broad-lanceolate, 25-33% perianth segment length; style branched for 50% its length. |
perianth segments 1–2.5 cm long, yellow to orange, sometimes aging to red; some lined brown and/or brown at base; nectaries; shallow and at base of perianth segments; oval to round; style unbranched. |
Fruits | capsules winged. |
capsules angled. |
2n | =24. |
=24. |
Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria pudica |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Serpentine and non-serpentine gravelly slopes. Flowering Mar–Jun. 400–2100m. Casc, Sisk. CA. Native. Fritillaria glauca is our only species that grows in serpentine soils. This species also grows in non-serpentine habitats. This begs the question: Was F. glauca historically a serpentine or non-serpentine endemic? The sickle-shaped and strongly glaucous leaves of F. glauca are distinct among Oregon fritillaries. |
Grassy or shrubby areas, open woods, often on slopes. Flowering Mar–May. 0–2600m. BR, BW, Casc, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia and Alberta, east to NB, southeast to NM. Native. Fritillaria pudica is unique among Oregon species within the genus because of its unmottled perianth segments. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 302 Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 302 Stephen Meyers |
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