OregonFlora: Fritillaria recurva

	Fritillaria recurva
	scarlet fritillary
Stems	20–70 cm.
Leaves	in 1–3 whorls of 2–5 leaves per node or alternate, 3–10(15)cm long; blades linear to narrowly lanceolate.
Flowers	perianth segments oblong to oblanceolate, 2–4 cm long, red to burgundy with checkered yellow mottling within and purple mottling without; apex strongly recurved; nectaries narrowly lanceolate; up to 25% of perianth segment length; style branched for 25– 50% its length.
Fruits	capsules winged.
2n	=24, 36.

	Fritillaria recurva
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Dry open woods and scrubland. Flowering Mar–May. 200– 1500m. Casc, ECas, Sisk. CA, NV. Native. Fritillaria recurva and F. micrantha are hypothesized by some authorities to be the parental species of F. eastwoodiae (McFarlane 1978). More study is needed.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 302 Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa	F. affinis, F. atropurpurea, F. camschatcensis, F. eastwoodiae, F. gentneri, F. glauca, F. pudica, F. purdyi
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Fritillaria recurva

scarlet fritillary

Stems

20–70 cm.

Leaves

in 1–3 whorls of 2–5 leaves per node or alternate, 3–10(15)cm long;

blades linear to narrowly lanceolate.

Flowers

perianth segments oblong to oblanceolate, 2–4 cm long, red to burgundy with checkered yellow mottling within and purple mottling without;

apex strongly recurved;

nectaries narrowly lanceolate; up to 25% of perianth segment length;

style branched for 25– 50% its length.

Fruits

capsules winged.

=24, 36.

Fritillaria recurva

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Dry open woods and scrubland. Flowering Mar–May. 200– 1500m. Casc, ECas, Sisk. CA, NV. Native.

Fritillaria recurva and F. micrantha are hypothesized by some authorities to be the parental species of F. eastwoodiae (McFarlane 1978). More study is needed.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 302
Stephen Meyers

Sibling taxa