Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria falcata |
Fritillaria striata |
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Siskiyou fritillaria, Siskiyou fritillary, Siskiyou missionbells |
talus fritillary |
striped abobe lily, striped Adobe-lily, striped Adobe-lily striped Adobe-lily |
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Bulb scales | large 3–9; small 1–9. |
large 2–4; small 8–32. |
large 2–7; small 0–1. |
Stem | 0.8–2 dm. |
0.7–2 dm. |
2.5–3.8 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. |
3–10, alternate, 6–7 cm; blade oblong-ovate, ± glaucous. |
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. |
nodding, fragrant; tepals white to pink, often striped red, oblanceolate, 2–3.5 cm, apex acute to apiculate, usually recurved; nectaries at base of tepals, green, outlined with lavender, linear; style barely branched, branches shorter than 1.5 mm. |
Capsules | broadly winged. |
acutely angled. |
angled. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
= 24. |
Fritillaria glauca |
Fritillaria falcata |
Fritillaria striata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Serpentine talus slopes | Serpentine talus | Adobe soil |
Elevation | 600–2100 m (2000–6900 ft) | 300–1200 m (1000–3900 ft) | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Fritillaria striata is considered rare and endangered in California, the greatest threat at present being loss of habitat due to cattle grazing. (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. | FNA vol. 26, p. 171. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Fritillaria | Liliaceae > Fritillaria | Liliaceae > Fritillaria |
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Synonyms | F. atropurpurea var. falcata | ||
Name authority | Greene: Erythea 1: 153. (1893) | (Jepson) D. E. Beetle: Madroño 7: 148. (1944) | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 136. (1931) |
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