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Fritillaria glauca

checker lily, chocolate lily, rice-root lily

Habit Perennial herb from a small, scaly bulb and numerous rice-sized offset bulblets, the unbranched, glabrous stem 1.5-10 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves in 1-2 whorls of 3-5 and scattered upward, lanceolate, 5-15 cm. long and 3-25 mm. broad.

Flowers

Flowers usually 2-5 in a raceme, broadly bell-shaped, pendant, strongly mottled, purplish to greenish or yellowish;

tepals 6, lanceolate, distinct, 20-30 mm. long; the 6 slender filaments 2-3 times as long as the anthers;

styles attached to each other about 1/3 of their length.

Fruits

Capsule 2 cm. long, broadly winged.

Fritillaria glauca

Fritillaria affinis

Flowering time April-June
Habitat Prairies, balds, and grassy bluffs to woodlands and coniferous forests, sea level to fairly high elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, disjunct in eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
F. affinis, F. camschatcensis, F. pudica
F. camschatcensis, F. pudica
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