Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria falcata |
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Siskiyou fritillaria, Siskiyou fritillary, Siskiyou missionbells |
talus fritillary |
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Bulb scales | large 3–9; small 1–9. |
large 2–4; small 8–32. |
Stem | 0.8–2 dm. |
0.7–2 dm. |
Leaves | 2–4, alternate, 3.5–9 cm; blade lanceolate-oblong, sickle-shaped, glaucous. |
2–6, alternate, ± fleshy near stem, 3.5–8.5 cm; blade broadly linear, folded, sickle-shaped. |
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. |
erect; tepals clearly mottled rusty brown and yellow adaxially, greenish abaxially, obovate, 1.5–2.2 cm, apex not recurved; nectaries obscure, yellowish green, spotted brownish, broadly lanceolate to ± diamond-shaped, 1/2–2/3 tepal length; style obviously branched for ca. 2/3 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm. |
Capsules | broadly winged. |
acutely angled. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria falcata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Serpentine talus slopes | Serpentine talus |
Elevation | 600–2100 m (2000–6900 ft) | 300–1200 m (1000–3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. This is a rare, relatively restricted endemic found only in the San Francisco Bay region and slightly northward. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 169. | FNA vol. 26, p. 169. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Fritillaria | Liliaceae > Fritillaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | F. atropurpurea var. falcata | |
Name authority | Greene: Erythea 1: 153. (1893) | (Jepson) D. E. Beetle: Madroño 7: 148. (1944) |
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