Burke: Fritillaria glauca vs. Fritillaria pudica

	Fritillaria glauca	Fritillaria pudica
		yellow bells, yellow fritillary, yellow mission bells
Habit		Perennial herb from a small, scaly bulb and numerous rice-sized offset bulblets, the unbranched, glabrous stem 10-30 cm. tall.
Leaves		Leaves 2-several, semi-whorled, linear, 3-16 cm. long and 3-12 mm. wide.
Flowers		Flowers usually solitary, pendant, narrowly bell-shaped, yellow, often purplish-streaked near the base; tepals 6, oblong-lanceolate, distinct, 12-26 mm. long and 4-10 mm. broad, rounded; stamens 6, 2/3 as long as the perianth; style about as long as the perianth.
Fruits		Erect cylindric capsule that narrows at base; initially green but turning brown during drying; when dried splits into three separate compartments, each bearing brown, flattened seeds.

	Fritillaria glauca	Fritillaria pudica
Identification notes		Pendulous (hanging downward), narrowly bell-shaped, yellow flowers that produce upright, green, cylindirical capsules.
Flowering time		March-June
Habitat		Shrub-steppe to mixed coniferous forests, from low to moderate elevations.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California and Nevada, east to Montana and Utah. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	F. affinis, F. camschatcensis, F. pudica	F. affinis, F. camschatcensis
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	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA 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 glauca

Fritillaria pudica

yellow bells, yellow fritillary, yellow mission bells

Habit

Perennial herb from a small, scaly bulb and numerous rice-sized offset bulblets, the unbranched, glabrous stem 10-30 cm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves 2-several, semi-whorled, linear, 3-16 cm. long and 3-12 mm. wide.

Flowers

Flowers usually solitary, pendant, narrowly bell-shaped, yellow, often purplish-streaked near the base;

tepals 6, oblong-lanceolate, distinct, 12-26 mm. long and 4-10 mm. broad, rounded;

stamens 6, 2/3 as long as the perianth;

style about as long as the perianth.

Fruits

Erect cylindric capsule that narrows at base; initially green but turning brown during drying; when dried splits into three separate compartments, each bearing brown, flattened seeds.