Fritillaria recurva |
Fritillaria gentneri |
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scarlet fritillary |
Gentner's fritillary |
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Stem(s) | 20–70 cm. |
10–70 cm. |
Leaves | in 1–3 whorls of 2–5 leaves per node or alternate, 3–10(15)cm long; blades linear to narrowly lanceolate. |
in 1–3 whorls of 3–5 leaves per node or alternate, 5–15 cm long; blades broadly linear to oblanceolate. |
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. |
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 winged. |
capsules winged. |
2n | =24, 36. |
=36. |
Fritillaria recurva |
Fritillaria gentneri |
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Distribution | ||
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. |
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 302 Stephen Meyers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 301 Stephen Meyers |
Sibling taxa | ||
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