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Adobe-lily

Fritillaria glauca

Siskiyou fritillaria, Siskiyou fritillary, Siskiyou missionbells

Bulb scales

large 1–12; small 0–2.

large 3–9; small 1–9.

Stem

1.5–4.5 dm.

0.8–2 dm.

Leaves

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

blade elliptic to obovate-oblong.

2–4, alternate, 3.5–9 cm;

blade lanceolate-oblong, sickle-shaped, glaucous.

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.

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.

Capsules

obtusely angled.

broadly winged.

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Fritillaria pluriflora

Fritillaria glauca

Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Adobe soil of interior foothills Serpentine talus slopes
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) 600–2100 m (2000–6900 ft)
Distribution
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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. FNA vol. 26, p. 169.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Fritillaria 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
F. affinis, F. agrestis, F. atropurpurea, F. biflora, F. brandegeei, F. camschatcensis, F. eastwoodiae, F. falcata, F. gentneri, F. liliacea, F. micrantha, F. ojaiensis, F. pinetorum, F. pluriflora, F. pudica, F. purdyi, F. recurva, F. striata, F. viridea
Name authority Torrey ex Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 338. (1857) Greene: Erythea 1: 153. (1893)
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