Flora of North America species comparison

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Fritillaria pluriflora

Adobe-lily
Bulb scales

large 1–12; small 0–2.
Stem

1.5–4.5 dm.
Leaves

3–10, alternate, clustered near ground, 6–15 cm;

blade elliptic to obovate-oblong.
Flowers

nodding, not noticeably fragrant;

tepals pinkish purple, obovate, 2–3.5 cm, apex rounded to acute, not recurved;

nectaries lavender, narrowly linear, 2/3 tepal length;

style unbranched.
Capsules

obtusely angled.
2n

= 24.

Fritillaria pluriflora
Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Adobe soil of interior foothills
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Fritillaria pluriflora is considered rare and endangered in California and is in cultivation.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 170.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Fritillaria
Sibling taxa
F. affinis, F. agrestis, F. atropurpurea, F. biflora, F. brandegeei, F. camschatcensis, F. eastwoodiae, F. falcata, F. gentneri, F. glauca, F. liliacea, F. micrantha, F. ojaiensis, F. pinetorum, F. pudica, F. purdyi, F. recurva, F. striata, F. viridea
Name authority Torrey ex Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 338. (1857)
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