Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria camschatcensis |
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Siskiyou fritillaria, Siskiyou fritillary, Siskiyou missionbells |
black lily, Indian rice, Kamchatka fritillary, northern rice-root, rice-root fritillary |
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Bulb scales | large 3–9; small 1–9. |
large 6–15; small 30–190. |
Stem | 0.8–2 dm. |
2–6 dm. |
Leaves | 2–4, alternate, 3.5–9 cm; blade lanceolate-oblong, sickle-shaped, glaucous. |
in 1–3 whorls of 5–9 leaves per node proximally, alternate distally, 4–10 cm, usually shorter than inflorescence; blade narrowly to broadly lanceolate; distal leaves usually ± equaling proximalmost leaf. |
Flowers | nodding; tepals purplish or greenish marked with yellow, lanceolate-oblong, 1.5–2.5 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries green with maroon dots, broadly lanceolate, less than 1/2 tepal length; style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. |
spreading to nodding, odor unpleasant; tepals dark greenish brown to brownish purple, sometimes streaked or spotted with yellow, oblong-elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 2–3 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries obscure, same color as tepals, linear, ± equaling tepal length; style obviously branched for 2/3 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. |
Capsules | broadly winged. |
cylindric-ovoid. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24, 36. |
Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria camschatcensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Serpentine talus slopes | Moist areas from near tideflats to mountain meadows |
Elevation | 600–2100 m (2000–6900 ft) | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AK; OR; WA; BC; Asia (Japan, Russia)
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Discussion | Coastal Native Americans used bulbs of this species for food. Often the bulbs were dried and later added to other foods, especially soups and fish dishes. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 169. | FNA vol. 26, p. 168. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Fritillaria | Liliaceae > Fritillaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lilium camschatcense | |
Name authority | Greene: Erythea 1: 153. (1893) | (Linnaeus) Ker Gawler: Bot. Mag. 30: under plate 1216. (1809) |
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