Fritillaria gentneri |
Fritillaria affinis |
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Gentner's fritillary |
checker-lily, chocolate fritillary, chocolate lily, mission bells, rice-root lily |
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Bulb scales | large several; small numerous. |
large 2–5; small 2–20 when tepals mottled, 50 or more when tepals unmottled. |
Stem | 5–7 dm. |
1–12 dm. |
Leaves | in 1–3 whorls of 3–5 leaves per node proximally, alternate distally, 7–15 cm; blade broadly linear to lanceolate. |
in 1–4 whorls of 2–8 per node proximally, alternate distally, 4–16 cm, usually shorter than inflorescence; blade linear-lanceolate to ovate; distal leaves usually equaling proximalmost leaf. |
Flowers | spreading to nodding; perianth broadly campanulate; tepals red to purple, clearly mottled with yellow, 3.5–4 cm, apex spreading, not recurved; nectaries linear, 1/2 tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/3–1/2 its length, branches widely spreading, longer than 1.5 mm. |
nodding, odor not unpleasant; tepals brownish purple to pale yellowish green, clearly mottled yellow or purple, or unmottled, oblong to ovate, 1–4 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries yellow, dotted purple, lanceolate, 1/2–2/3 tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. |
Capsules | winged. |
widely winged. |
2n | = 24, 36, 48. |
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Fritillaria gentneri |
Fritillaria affinis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Dry woodlands | Oak or pine scrub, grasslands |
Elevation | 300–1500 m (1000–4900 ft) | 0–1800 m (0–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
OR
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CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Fritillaria gentneri is a restricted endemic closely allied with F. recurva and F. affinis, with which it can be confused. Some evidence suggests that it may represent a hybrid between those two species. More study is needed to determine whether it should remain recognized as a distinct species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Fritillaria affinis has one of the broadest geographical distributions of all the North American species of the genus. It is also highly variable, which has resulted in the naming of several supposedly distinct species as well as some infraspecific taxa, all but one of which are in fact only poorly differentiated, and all of which are treated here as synonyms. Among the latter, F. lanceolata var. tristulis may actually merit formal recognition as a variety, but the new combination under F. affinis remains to be made. This entity is restricted to coastal grassland in Marin County, California, and has a perianth that is scarcely if at all mottled, and more than 50 small bulb scales. Fritillaria affinis has long been known by the name F. lanceolata, which is illegitimate because when Pursh described it, he cited Lilium camschatcense (= F. camschatcensis) as a synonym but did not adopt that epithet. Actually, his synonymic reference was based on a misidentification, even though he stated that an illustration of L. camschatcense from a specimen in Pallas’ herbarium was “an excellent figure” of his F. lanceolata. Fritillaria affinis has been known to hybridize with F. recurva. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 169. | FNA vol. 26, p. 166. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Fritillaria | Liliaceae > Fritillaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lilium affine, F. lanceolata, F. lanceolata var. gracilis, F. lanceolata var. tristulis, F. multiflora, F. mutica, F. parviflora, F. phaeanthera | |
Name authority | Gilkey: Madroño 11: 138, figs. 6–10. (1951) | (Schultes & Schultes f.) Sealy: Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 39: 239. (1980) |
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