Fritillaria purdyi |
Fritillaria camschatcensis |
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Purdy's fritillary |
black lily, Indian rice, Kamchatka fritillary, northern rice-root, rice-root fritillary |
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Bulb scales | large 2–8; small 0–3. |
large 6–15; small 30–190. |
Stem | 1–4 dm. |
2–6 dm. |
Leaves | 2–10, alternate, ± crowded near ground, 2.5–10 cm; blade ovate, occasionally a few sickle-shaped. |
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 | horizontal or nodding; tepals white, with purple spots or lines and pink shading, 1.5–3 cm, apex often slightly recurved; nectaries obscure, colored like tepals, broadly linear, ± equaling 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 | acutely angled. |
cylindric-ovoid. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24, 36. |
Fritillaria purdyi |
Fritillaria camschatcensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Dry ridges, generally on serpentine | Moist areas from near tideflats to mountain meadows |
Elevation | 400–2100 m (1300–6900 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. 171. | FNA vol. 26, p. 168. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Fritillaria | Liliaceae > Fritillaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Lilium camschatcense | |
Name authority | Eastwood: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 75, plate 6. (1902) | (Linnaeus) Ker Gawler: Bot. Mag. 30: under plate 1216. (1809) |
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